DeBeque Formation
The DeBeque Formation is a geologic formation in Colorado's Piceance Basin, preserving fossils which date back to the Late Paleocene to Early Eocene period (Clarkforkian to Wasatchian in the NALMA classification. Examples of these fossils are held in the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History.
Wasatchian correlations
Formation | Wasatch | DeBeque | Claron | Indian Meadows | Pass Peak | Tatman | Willwood | Golden Valley | Coldwater | Allenby | Kamloops | Ootsa Lake | Margaret | Nanjemoy | Hatchetigbee | Tetas de Cabra | Hannold Hill | Coalmont | Cuchara | Galisteo | San Jose | Ypresian (IUCS) • Itaboraian (SALMA) Bumbanian (ALMA) • Mangaorapan (NZ) |
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Basin | Powder River Uinta Piceance Colorado Plateau Wind River Green River Bighorn |
Piceance |
Colorado Plateau |
Wind River |
Green River |
Bighorn |
Williston | Okanagan | Princeton | Buck Creek | Nechako | Sverdrup | Potomac | GoM | Laguna Salada | Rio Grande | North Park | Raton | Galisteo | San Juan | ||
Country | United States | Canada | United States | Mexico | United States | |||||||||||||||||
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Environments | Alluvial-fluvio-lacustrine | Fluvial | Fluvial | Fluvio-lacustrine | Fluvial | Lacustrine | Fluvio-lacustrine | Deltaic-paludal | Shallow marine | Fluvial | Shallow marine | Fluvial | Fluvial | |||||||||
Volcanic | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |