Fluvial Facies and Architecture of the Poison Strip Sandstone Lower Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation, Grand County, Utah

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This study characterizes and interprets the fluvial systems responsible for deposition of the Poison Strip sandstone through analysis of extensive field data and comparison to ancient fluvial systems. Conclusions on fluvial style are related to depositional controls and to regional Lower Cretaceous rocks.

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