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Elk Basin

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Pierce, W.G., 1997, Geologic map of the Cody 1 degree x 2 degrees quadrangle, northwestern Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey, Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations Map I-2500, scale 1:250000.
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in the basin are mostly exposed and relatively easy to identify, Elk Basin has long been used as a place for geology students to learn to practice
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View of Elk Basin facing north along the axis of the anticline. Note strata
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with hundreds of derricks operating in it. Geologically, it is a breached
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dipping
Montana
Wyoming
oil field
anticline
fault
Cretaceous
Lance Formation
Meeteetse Formation
Mesaverde Formation
Cody Shale
Frontier Formation
strata
geologic mapping
Red Lodge, Montana
Yellowstone Bighorn Research Association
44°59′50″N 108°52′10″W / 44.99722°N 108.86944°W / 44.99722; -108.86944
Categories
Landforms of Carbon County, Montana
Landforms of Montana
Landforms of Park County, Wyoming
Valleys of Wyoming
Oil fields in Wyoming

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