Green River Basin

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The Green River Basin is a large sedimentary basin in southwestern Wyoming known for its rich fossil beds, energy resources, and distinctive high-desert landscape.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic basin ⓘ
sedimentary basin ⓘ
climate semi-arid ⓘ
contains Bridger Formation ⓘ
linked to: Wasatch Formation

Eocene lake deposits ⓘ
Great Divide Basin (sub-basin) ⓘ
linked to: Great Divide Basin

Green River Formation ⓘ
Sand Wash Basin (margin) ⓘ
linked to: Sand Wash Basin

Wasatch Formation ⓘ
Washakie Basin (sub-basin) ⓘ
linked to: Washakie Basin

fossil fish beds ⓘ
invertebrate fossils ⓘ
plant fossils ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crossedBy Interstate 80 ⓘ
economicImportance energy production ⓘ
fossil collecting and research ⓘ
mineral extraction ⓘ
formedDuring Laramide orogeny ⓘ
geologicAge Eocene ⓘ
geologicSetting Laramide foreland basin ⓘ
hasResource coalbed methane ⓘ
tight gas reservoirs ⓘ
unconventional oil resources ⓘ
knownFor coal resources ⓘ
high-desert landscape ⓘ
lacustrine sedimentary rocks ⓘ
natural gas resources ⓘ
oil shale deposits ⓘ
rich fossil beds ⓘ
soda ash production ⓘ
trona deposits ⓘ
landscapeType high desert ⓘ
locatedIn Wyoming ⓘ
southwestern Wyoming ⓘ
namedAfter Green River ⓘ
nearestCity Green River, Wyoming ⓘ
Rock Springs, Wyoming ⓘ
overlies Precambrian basement rocks ⓘ
partOf Greater Green River Basin (regional usage) ⓘ
Rocky Mountain region ⓘ
primaryLithology evaporites ⓘ
limestone ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
shale ⓘ
studiedBy paleontologists ⓘ
petroleum geologists ⓘ
sedimentologists ⓘ

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Étienne Provost → areaOfActivity → Green River country ⓘ
linked to: Green River Basin
Green River → flowsThroughGeologicProvince → Green River Basin ⓘ
Wyoming Basin → contains → Green River Basin ⓘ
Marbleton, Wyoming → locatedIn → Green River Basin region ⓘ
linked to: Green River Basin
Wyoming Range → boundedBy → Green River Basin ⓘ
subject linked to: Wyoming Range (part)
Fontenelle Reservoir (part) → hydrologicalSystem → Green River basin ⓘ
linked to: Green River Basin
Green River Basin (part) → partOf → Green River Basin ⓘ
Pinedale Anticline gas field → locatedIn → Greater Green River Basin ⓘ
linked to: Green River Basin
Pinedale Anticline gas field → locatedIn → Green River Basin ⓘ
Jonah Field → locatedInBasin → Green River Basin ⓘ
Blacks Fork of the Green River → drainageBasin → Green River drainage basin ⓘ
linked to: Green River Basin
Green River (Wyoming) → locatedIn → Green River Basin ⓘ
Rock Springs, Wyoming → locatedIn → Green River Basin ⓘ
Dutch John, Utah → partOf → Green River region ⓘ
linked to: Green River Basin
Fossil Butte National Monument → locatedIn → Green River Basin ⓘ
Lander Cutoff of the Oregon Trail → follows → Green River Basin ⓘ
Lander Cutoff of the Oregon Trail → passesThrough → Green River country ⓘ
linked to: Green River Basin
Kern River Pipeline → sourceBasin → Green River Basin ⓘ