RUI: Collaborative Research: Correlation and Significance ofSuper Bounding Surfaces in Eolian Sandstones: Jurassic Page Sandstone, Colorado Plateau

风成沉积物的研究一直受到 缺乏内部关联的工具。 但最近的 识别风成单元内的不整合面（称为超级不整合面 边界表面）允许局部和区域相关性， 识别构成风成单元的不同成因序列。 这些不整合面代表了沙海发育的间断 是气候、构造和海平面变化的结果。 是 我建议将这一新概念应用于侏罗纪页的研究 科罗拉多高原上的砂岩。 这个单位提供优秀的， 几乎连续暴露露头横跨整个宽度 原来的佩奇沙海变成了横向相邻的卡梅尔 海上编队 到目前为止，已经发现了几个超级 在Page Sandstone中找到。 基因序列 组成页砂岩是不同的。 拟议工作 包括（1）识别页面内的超表面，（2） 通过一系列紧密间隔的 地层剖面进入卡梅尔组，（3）描述 并解释由表面限定的基因序列， (4)解决超表面发展的原因， 沙海形成的脉冲。 这项工作的意义在于 这是一项开创性的研究， 了解横向广泛的厚风成 序列的 据信，这些不整合的表面可以 对了解人类的遗传史具有巨大价值 风成单位，并在风成相关的潜在效用 单位

Studies of eolian deposits have been severely handicapped by the lack of tools for internal correlation. However, recent recognition of unconformities within eolian units (termed super bounding surfaces) allows local and regional correlation, and the recognition of distinct genetic sequences composing eolian units. These unconformities represent hiatuses in sand-sea development and result from climatic, tectonic, and eustatic events. It is proposed to apply this new concept to a study of the Jurassic Page Sandstone on the Colorado Plateau. This unit affords excellent, almost continuously exposed outcrops across the entire breadth of the original Page sand sea into the laterally adjacent Carmel marine formation. Work thus far has recognized several super surfaces in the Page Sandstone. The genetic sequences that compose the Page Sandstone are distinct. The proposed work consists of (1) identifying super surfaces within the Page, (2) carefully correlating these through a series of closely spaced stratigraphic sections into the Carmel Formation, (3) describing and interpreting genetic sequences bounded by the surfaces, and (4) addressing the causes of the super-surface development and pulses of sandsea formation. The significance of this work is that is is a pioneer study developing the tools of super bounding surfaces for understanding laterally extensive, thick eolian sequences. It is believed that these unconformable surfaces can be of tremendous value in understanding the genetic history of eolian units, and potentially of utility in correlation of eolian units.