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Figure 33. Stratigraphic, geophysical-log cross section along southwest margin of San Juan Basin (line of section on
Figure 3). Drill-hole depths in hundreds of feet (100 feet approximately 30 m). Cross section shows thinning of Fruitland and Kirtland Formations from northwest to southeast. Coal beds in lowermost Fruitland Formation (near top of Pictured Cliffs Sandstone) are shown. Paleomagnetic data in drill holes 1, 2, 4, and 6 projected from nearby outcrop localities (Figure 3); paleomagnetic data plots on
Figure 8,
Figure 12,
Figure 14,
Figure 18,
Figure 23, and
Figure 28. Palynologic sample-collection levels in drill holes 1, 2, 5, and 6 are projected from nearby outcrop localities; palynomorphs identified from samples listed on
Appendix tables, as shown. Top of Fruitland Formation is defined by highest coal bed or carbonaceous shale bed in section (Fassett and Hinds 1971); contact is shown as dashed line because of difficulty locating it with certainty on geophysical logs. Radiometric ages of sanidine crystals from altered volcanic ash beds in Ojo Alamo type area from
Fassett and Steiner (1997) and
Fassett (2000); stratigraphic levels of dated ash beds are projected into log of drill-hole 2 from measured outcrop localities at or near Hunter Wash (Figure 3). Stratigraphic levels of Puercan mammal sites in lowermost Nacimiento Formation shown in drill-hole logs 2 and 4 from nearby outcrop localities from
Williamson (1996) and
Lindsay et al. (1981). Vertical exaggeration = 130 x. Distances between drill-hole localities not scaled horizontally.
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