Abstract
The Book Cliffs of Utah and Colorado have become the premier location globally to study and teach principles of sequence stratigraphy. Continuous, well-exposed, and easily-accessible outcrops along both depositional dip (mountain to sea) and depositional strike (along the shore) make it possible for detailed three-dimensional reconstruction and analysis of sedimentary successions. Most types of clastic sedimentary systems are found in the Book Cliffs. These include river (braided, meandering, and anastomosed), delta (river- and wave-dominated), estuary, beaches, and seafloor, demonstrating a complete sediment delivery system from near the mountains to the ocean basin. These characteristics make the Book Cliffs an excellent classroom to study the interrelationship between large-scale changes in sea level, tectonic processes that build mountains and form sedimentary basins, and the sedimentary deposits that fill those basins.
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