Photomicrograph showing the association of the three principal types of structure found in the algae reefs of the Green River formation. Sweetwater County, Wyoming. 1923.
Dates
Date Taken
1923
Summary
Photomicrograph showing the association of the three principal types of structure found in the algae reefs of the Green River formation; small area of the reef shown in Bradley photo 209. In the lower right hand quarter is colony of the large spherical cells of Chlorellopsis colonata Reis, above that is a thick zone of typical spongy deposit, and at the top and also down the left side is an inorganic incrustation. Enlarged 10 diameters. From the Tipton tongue of the Green River formation, sec. 21, T. 4 N., R. 101 W: Sweetwater County, Wyoming. 1923. Top half is plate 34-A in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 154. 1929.
Summary
Photomicrograph showing the association of the three principal types of structure found in the algae reefs of the Green River formation; small area of the reef shown in Bradley photo 209. In the lower right hand quarter is colony of the large spherical cells of Chlorellopsis colonata Reis, above that is a thick zone of typical spongy deposit, and at the top and also down the left side is an inorganic incrustation. Enlarged 10 diameters. From the Tipton tongue of the Green River formation, sec. 21, T. 4 N., R. 101 W: Sweetwater County, Wyoming. 1923. Top half is plate 34-A in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 154. 1929.
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