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A Powell
L Dingus
C Horton
Pearl Area
8227
7/13/82
700 m E, 880 m S, NE
Cor. Sec C, T 20N, R
37E, Garfield Co., Mont.
Trumbo Ranch 7 1/2 Q.
Quercus sp?
From bedded siltst
20' above base of
Tullock Fm
Below in Hell Cr. Fm
so-called unbedded
so-called Gumbus are
massive siltst, mudst, sh,
siltst & mudst w/ root
imps & rarely fossil pls.
Fossil pls w/ dark grey
halos around them indicating higher Eh > pH
conditions
Could extinction of Dinosaurs here be a purely facies related event w/
Onset of lignitic sed destroying the dinny bone.
Suggested correlation:
Persistence of H.C. conditions above normal base of Carb in a
flood causation of H.C. lithology