A Petrographic and Environmental Study of the Upper Cretaceous Greenhorn Limestone, New Mexico

Author

John W. Emerson

Publication Date

5-23-1961

Abstract

The Upper Cretaceous Greenhorn Limestone is composed of intercalated agrillaceous limestone and calcareous shale beds which crop out over much of the Western Interior. The Greenhorn was deposited in late Cenomanian and early Turonian time in a westward transgressing sea. In New Mexico the age is early Turonian. The edge of deposition extends as far south as Capitan and Carthage, northward through western Bernalillio County, and northwest through Toadlena.

Degree Name

Earth and Planetary Sciences

Level of Degree

Masters

Department Name

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

First Committee Member (Chair)

Roger Yates Anderson

Second Committee Member

N/A

Third Committee Member

N/A

Language

English

Document Type

Thesis

Recommended Citation

Emerson, John W.. "A Petrographic and Environmental Study of the Upper Cretaceous Greenhorn Limestone, New Mexico." (1961). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/eps_etds/141