About: Trace Elements Memorandum is an academic journal. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Quadrangle & Uranium. Over the lifetime, 153 publications have been published receiving 303 citations.
TL;DR: The Temple Mountain member of the Chinle formation is characterized by the presence of; the interfingering of siltstone, mudstone, and sandstone; purple and white color; quartz grains and pebbles; jasper; and coalified material.
Abstract: A lithologic unit, referred to as mottled purple and white, or the "pinto bed," in the San Rafael Swell has enough thickness and continuity to be formally named the Temple Mountain member of the Chinle formation 0 The member is characterized by the presence of; the interfingering of siltstone, mudstone, and sandstone; purple and white color; quartz grains and pebbles; jasper; and coalified material.
TL;DR: In this paper, coal and carbonaceous shale of the Dakota formation of Cretaceous age were examined for radioactivity in the Colorado Plateau of southwestern Colorado and northwestern New Mexico during the summer of 1953.
Abstract: From abstract: Coal and carbonaceous shale of the Dakota formation of Cretaceous age were examined for radioactivity in the Colorado Plateau of southwestern Colorado and northwestern New Mexico during the summer of 1953.