Late Paleocene-Eocene Syn-Orogenic Fluvial Sedimentation and Detrital Fission Track Thermochronology of Laramide Syn-Orogenic Sediments, Denver Basin, CO (thesis)
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Kohl, Daniel Raymond
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Washington and Lee University -- Honors in Geology
Sediment transport
United States -- Denver Basin
Geology, Stratigraphic
Paleocene Geologic Epoch
Eocene Geologic Epoch
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Thesis; [FULL-TEXT RESTRICTED TO WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY LOGIN] Daniel Raymond Kohl is a member of the Class of 2010 of Washington and Lee University. This study investigates the Laramide foreland syn-orogenic sediments preserved
in the Denver Basin, CO and interprets the Late Cretaceous-Eocene tectonic and climate
history of Central Colorado. This thesis is divided into 3 chapters. Chapter I provides an
introduction to the Denver Basin and the Front Range, interpreting the stratigraphy to
provide support and background for the following chapters. Chapter 2 analyses the Late
Paleocene to Eocene fluvial sediments in the Denver Basin and interprets the deposits to
be a large distributive fluvial system or megafan which formed during the Paleocene-Eocene
Thermal Maximum. Chapter 3 uses detrital apatite and zircon fission track
thermochronology to analyze the Front Range and Denver Basin thermal history. Daniel Kohl