Jurassic. Start of Cordilleran orogeny (Nevadan, Sevier, Laramide)

Jurassic . Start of Cordilleran orogeny (Nevadan, Sevier, Laramide)

• Jurassic . Start of Cordilleran orogeny (Nevadan, Sevier, Laramide)

• Nevadan orogeny. Uplift, volcanism and intrusion along (AZ, NV, ID). Clastic sediments shed to the east (UT, CO). Restricted basins in Gulf of Mexico, evaporites deposited (source of salt domes).

• Sandstones as dune deposits, Glen Canyon, Entrada, Morrison formation

• SS Middendorf aq

• SS Black Warrior River aq

Clastic aquifers

• Early Tertiary

Central Valley