Sponsor
Portland State University. Department of Earth Sciences
First Advisor
Richard E. Thoms
Term of Graduation
Summer 1976
Date of Publication
8-20-1976
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (M.S.) in Geology
Department
Earth Science
Language
English
Subjects
Paleontology -- Oregon -- Grant County, Ammonoidea -- Oregon -- Grant County, Paleontology, Stratigraphic
DOI
10.15760/etd.2413
Physical Description
1 online resource (x, 213 pages)
Abstract
Using the standard Jurassic zonal scheme, this work attempts to determine the ages of the four members of the Snowshoe Formation that crop out in the Izee area. As a corollary, regional correlations are possible. The stratigraphic relationship between the Snowshoe Formation, the subjacent Hyde Formation and the superjacent Trowbridge Formation is also investigated.
Over one thousand fossils were collected from five stratigraphic sections and eight localities. The sections were measured using tape and compass techniques and the relative stratigraphic ranges of the fossils calculated using a computer program written specifically for this project. The ammonite fauna, dominated by the families Hildoceratidae, Stephanoceratidae and Sonniniidae, is systematically described.
The Snowshoe Formation was deposited in marine waters of neritic depths during late Toarcian to early Callovian time, with the Bathonian apparently unrepresented. The lower member correlates in part with the Weberg and Warm Springs Members of the Snowshoe Formation in the Suplee area whereas the middle and Silvies members correlate in part with the Basey Member. Most of the Snowshoe Formation has, or probably has, correlatives within the North American continent. The lower contact of the Snowshoe Formation in the Izee area is gradational and the basal deposits non-diachronous whereas the upper contact is either diachronous or represents an unconformity.
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Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/15758
Recommended Citation
Smith, Paul Lawrence, "Biostratigraphy of the Snowshoe Formation (Jurassic) in the Izee area, Grant County, Oregon" (1976). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 2416.
https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.2413
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