Geol 102

Late Paleozoic cyclothem

Mainly composed of sandstone and conglomerate

Mesozoic Era subdivisions

Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous

Jurassic Navajo sandstone feature

Large scale cross-stratification

Franciscan Complex formation

In an ancient accretionary prism setting

Age of Mammals

Cenozoic Era

Late Paleozoic cyclothems cause

Transgressive-regressive oscillations

First phase of Cordilleran orogenies

Nevadan orogeny during Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous

Cretaceous global deposits

Built up chalk deposits

Hartford basin formation

By extension of Pangean crust

Mesozoic "heyday" of

Ammonoids

Late Paleozoic collision result

Uplift of Appalachian and Hercynian orogenies

Largest mass extinction

End of the Permian Period

Niobrara formation chalk

Formed during Cretaceous transgression

Mesozoic dominated by

Tectonic effects of Pangea breakup

Triassic Newark rifts formation

Faulting initiated by stretching of Pangean crust

Suspect terranes characteristics

Distinct stratigraphy, rock types, separated by faults

Rio Grande rift formation

Middle and Late Cenozoic crustal extension

Western North America composition

Collage of ancient arcs and microcontinents

Deccan flood basalt eruption

Late Cretaceous period in India

Maximum global sea level rise

~350 m above present levels during the Cretaceous

Topography of the Rocky Mountains

Primarily reflects the beveling (True)