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~ d~posits deltoic tronsSlr.uion

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, more than 1500 km. Note the complexity of the cycle compared to that of the ,he If of l .hol., I ..

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ILLINOIS OUTCROPS Shalt . ........ sedimen' TsT"oOcJ',.d ~7")('" .. ·

Shalt Cool OUTCROPS TEXAS following -" - . "" -. .. . ~~""'¥'";~~2 ~ ~=S'(£!~·T&~~ n .. uf Morin"

MEGACYCLOTHEMS - ~ 0 --::=:...=- -=-==- ''''''l--- .hol. Fig. VII-6. Stratigraphic facies model of a single midcontinent cyclothem from Appalachians to Kansas. Note the extreme vertical exaggeration (up to CENTRAl bosin in fill .' , ..•• " .~- Fig. VII-7. Stratigraphic facies model of a single north Texas cyclothem from the eastern Ouachi

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KANSAS SUBSURFACE ~ ~ "'"

W 50(00). The cycles are a few tens of meters thick and the distance is STA~VEO BASIN compaction, resulted in vagaries of sedimentary fill-in

01 Yoredale strata. After Wanless (1964, Fig. 10) MIOlANO nor. sequence to a channel sandstone and reddish shale

DENVER· JULESBERG BASIN By-polling te"i"enoul deb,i. Shol. Oar ••