Earth and Planetary Sciences ETDs
Publication Date
Spring 5-18-1953
Abstract
The San Juan Basin is located in northwestern New Mexico and southern Colorado and is physiographically a part of the Colorado Plateau province.
The Upper Cretaceous Pictured Cliffs sandstone is exposed around the perimeter of the San Juan Basin and is present throughout the greater part of the Basin in the subsurface. This economically important gas-bearing sandstone is situated in the structural basin in which the strata are upturned on the basinward flanks of the nearby Laramide cliffs.
Five possible origins for the Pictured Cliffs gas are presented: from the underlying Lewis shale, from within the Pictured Cliffs sandstone, from the overlying Fruitland formation, from formation below the Lewis shale, and from formations above the Fruitland Formation.
Degree Name
Earth and Planetary Sciences
Level of Degree
Masters
Department Name
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
First Committee Member (Chair)
Sherman Alexander Wengerd
Second Committee Member
Stuart Alvord Northrop
Third Committee Member
Vincent Cooper Kelley
Project Sponsors
Standard Oil and Gas Company
Language
English
Keywords
Pictured Cliffs, San Juan County, Lewis Shale, Fruitland Formation
Document Type
Thesis
Recommended Citation
Caldwell, John W.. "Stratigraphic Analysis of the Upper Cretaceous Pictured Cliffs Sandstone in Northeastern San Juan County, New Mexico." (1953). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/eps_etds/132
Electric Log and Lithologic Cross Sections
caldwell_fig_12b.jpg (26706 kB)
Electric Log and Lithologic Cross Section
caldwell_fig_13.tif (1705911 kB)
Subsurface Structure-Contour Map
caldwell_fig_14.tif (1705109 kB)
Pressure-Contour Map
Included in
Geology Commons, Hydrology Commons, Other Earth Sciences Commons
