Paleocurrent Analysis and Orientation of Sandstone Bodies in the Duchesne River Formation (Eocene-Oligocene?), Northern Uinta Basin, Northeastern Utah

Abstract

Paleocurrent reconstruction, based on measurements of medium-scale trough cross-stratification, indicates generally southward flow directions throughout the northern Uinta Basin during Duchesnean time. In contrast, measurements from the Upper Myton Member of the Uinta Formation indicate that streams flowed westward across the Uinta Basin during late Uintan time.