A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Contact between the Niobrara and the Pierre Formations, North Dakota |
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| Description | The buff-colored shale and calcareous clay seen are part of the Niobrara Formation. The Niobrara is overlain by gray shale and smooth bentonitic clay from Pembina Member of the the Pierre Formation. The contact between the two formations lies beneath the lowest bentonite band of the Pierre Formation. |
| Location | USA ▹ North Dakota ▹ Cavalier. Near Vang. Vang Quadrangle. |
| Photographer | Joseph Hartman. 2002-05-07. |
| Collection | Joseph Hartman C9406. |
| Key words | 02e, niobrara, pierre, pembina, shale |
| Tech details | 669 KB. Kodachrome, TIFF. |
| GeoDIL number | 2852 |
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