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Nomenclature of Precambrian Rocks in Colorado

Description: Abstract: "The Precambrian rocks of Colorado consist of a metaphoric complex more than 1,700 million years in age, three groups of igneous rocks about 1,700, 1,400, and 1,000 million years in age, here designated informal age groups, and two areally restricted units of sedimentary rocks, one between 1,400 and 1,700 million years in age and one between 950 and 1,400 million years. A systematic nomenclature for many of the rocks does not exist, but the present state of knowledge will permit estab… more
Date: 1977
Creator: Tweto, Ogden
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Coal Resources of the United States

Description: A report about the United States's coal supply. The U.S. has 25 percent of the world's identified coal resources and about 20 percent of the world's estimated total coal resources.
Date: January 1, 1974
Creator: Averitt, Paul
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Laccolith Complexes of Southeastern Utah: Time of Emplacement and Tectonic Setting - Workshop Proceedings

Description: This report summarizes much of the materials presented at the workshop and provides an extensive list of selected references pertaining to geochronology and tectonics of the Colorado Plateau to facilitate further research.
Date: 1998
Creator: Friedman, Jules D. & Huffman, A. Curtis, Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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