Mowry Shale

Mowry Shale
Stratigraphic range: Albian [1]
Characteristic white or silvery colored Mowry Shale below the Mancos Shale, west of Dinosaur National Monument.
TypeGeological formation
Location
RegionJohnson County, Wyoming
Type section
Named byN. H. Darton in 1904
Mancos Shale and Mowry shale oil and gas fields within the Uinta Basin and Piceance Basin
Stratigraphic column showing the relationship of the Mancos and Mowry shales

The Mowry Shale is an Early Cretaceous geologic formation.[1] The formation was named for Mowrie Creek, northwest of Buffalo in Johnson County, Wyoming.[2]

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Ludvigson2010 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Geologic Unit: Mowry". National Geologic Database. Geolex — Significant Publications. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2020-11-27.