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Tectonosedimentary Relations of
Pennsylvanian to Jurassic Strata
on the Colorado Plateau

by William R. Dickinson
William R. Dickinson (1931–2015) formally retired in 1991,
but he didn’t stop working, researching, and writing.
His work with University of Arizona professor George
Tectonosedimentary Relations of
Tectonosedimentary Relations of detrital-zircon U-Pb geochronology led to the deter-
Tectonosedimentary Relations of
Special Paper 533
Gehrels on identifying sandstone provenance using
Pennsylvanian to Jurassic Strata
Pennsylvanian to Jurassic Strata
Pennsylvanian to Jurassic Strata
mination that much of the Pennsylvanian to Jurassic
sandstone of the Colorado Plateau was derived from
the orogenic belt now associated with the Appa-
on the Colorado Plateau
on the Colorado Plateau
on the Colorado Plateau
lachian Mountains. Further detrital-zircon studies
led to Dickinson preparing this publication in
order to identify key aspects of the sedimentary
and tectonic history of Mesozoic strata of the
Colorado Plateau and directly adjacent areas.
Dickinson divided the strata into seven deposi-
tional systems, but completed writing on only
the lower fi ve (Moenkopi, Chinle, Glen Can-
yon, San Rafael, Morrison) before his death
in July 2015. The manuscript, however, was
comprehensive in its treatment of upper
Paleozoic strata and the lower fi ve Meso-
zoic “deposystems,” and an abstract and
concluding text by Jon Spencer helped to
complete the work.
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