Sundance Sea
ancient sea, North America
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Jurassic Period occurrence and effects
- In Jurassic Period: North America
…collectively as the Carmel and Sundance seas; the Carmel Sea is older and not as deep as the Sundance. In these epicontinental seaways, marine sandstones, mudstones, limestones, and shales were deposited—some with marine fossils. Fully marine sequences interfinger with terrestrial sediments deposited during times of low sea levels and with…
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