Data set name:	Leckie outcrop data
Locations:	Lohali Point, northeastern Arizona; Mesa  Verde National
Poark southwestern Colorado; Rock Canyon near pueblo, southeastrn Colorado
Contributor:	Walter E. Dean
Funding source:	National Science Foundation?


References:
Leckie, R. M., Yuretich, R. F., West, O. L. O., Finkelstein, D., and
Schmidt, M.,  1998, Paleoceanography of the southwestern Western Interior
during the time of the Cenomanian/Turonian boundary, In Dean, W. E., and
Arthur, M. A., eds., Stratigraphy and Paleoenvironments of the Cretaceous
Western Interior Seaway, USA:  Society of Economic Paleontologists and
Mineralogists (SEPM), Concepts in Sedimentology and Paleontology, No. 6.

Leckie, R. M., Kirkland, J. I., and Elder, W. P., 1997, Stratigraphic
framework and correlation of a principal reference section of the Mancos
Shale (Upper Cretaceous), Mesa Verde, Colorado, In Mesozoic Geology and
Paleontology of the Four Corners Region:  New Mexico Geological Society
Guidebook, 48th Field Conference.

"Lohali.forams&clay.txt" file
	Contains results of counts of planktic and benthic foraminifera,
and percentages of clay minerals in samples of the Mancos Shale from
outcrop sections at Lohali Point, Arizona.  Foraminifera data are in number
of specimens; clay-mineral data are in percent of total clay.
Variable Names:
	Sample	sample number (also = the number of meters above the top of
the Dakota Sandstone)
	Total Plank.	total number of planktic foraminifera counted
	Total Benthics	total number of benthic foraminifera counted
	Total Forams	total number of planktic and benthic foraminifera
counted
	Biserial Heteroh.	total number of specimens of the biserial
planktic foraminifera Heterohelix counted
	Triserial Guemb.	total number of specimens of the triserial
planktic foraminifera Guembelitria counte
	Planispir.	total  umber of planispiral planktic foraminifera
counted
	Keeled planktics	total number of keeled planktic
foraminifera counted
	Neobulimina	total number of specimens of the benthic
foraminifera Neobulimina counted
	Gavelinella	total number of specimens of the benthic
foraminifera Gavelinella counted
	Other calcareous	total nunmber of other calcareous benthic
foraminifera counted
	Agglutinated	total number of agglutinated benthic foraminifera
counted
	% mixed-layer illite-smectite     percentage of randomly
interstratified illite and smectite clay minerals present in the
clay-mineral fraction
	% discrete illite	percentage of discrete (nonmixed-layer)
illite present in the clay mineral fraction
	% kaolinite	percentage of kaolinite present in the clay-mineral
fraction
	% chlorite	percentage of chlorite present in the clay-mineral
fraction

"M.Verde.forams&clay.txt" file
	Contains results of counts of planktic and benthic foraminifera,
and percentages of clay minerals in samples of the Mancos Shale from
outcrop sections at Mesa Verde, Colorado.  Foraminifera data are in number
of specimens; clay-mineral data are in percent of total clay.
Variable Names:
	Sample	sample number (also = the number of meters above the top of
the Dakota Sandstone)
	Total Plank.	total number of planktic foraminifera counted
	Total Benthics	total number of benthic foraminifera counted
	Total Forams	total number of planktic and benthic foraminifera
counted
	Biserial Heteroh.	total number of specimens of the biserial
planktic foraminifera Heterohelix counted
	Triserial Guemb.	total number of specimens of the triserial
planktic foraminifera Guembelitria counte
	Planispir.	total  umber of planispiral planktic foraminifera
counted
	Keeled planktics	total number of keeled planktic
foraminifera counted
	Neobulimina	total number of specimens of the benthic
foraminifera Neobulimina counted
	Gavelinella	total number of specimens of the benthic
foraminifera Gavelinella counted
	Other calcareous	total nunmber of other calcareous benthic
foraminifera counted
	Agglutinated	total number of agglutinated benthic foraminifera
counted
	% mixed-layer illite-smectite     percentage of randomly
interstratified illite and smectite clay minerals present in the clay-mineral fraction
	% discrete illite	percentage of discrete (nonmixed-layer)
illite present in the clay mineral fraction
	% kaolinite	percentage of kaolinite present in the clay-mineral
fraction
	% chlorite	percentage of chlorite present in the clay-mineral
fraction

"RocCyn.forams&clay.txt" file
	Contains results of counts of planktic and benthic foraminifera,
and percentages of clay minerals in samples of the Bridge Creek Limestone
Member of the Greenhorn Formation from outcrop sections at Rock Canyon,
Pueblo, Colorado.  Foraminifera data are in number of specimens;
clay-mineral data are in percent of total clay.
Variable Names:
	Sample	sample number (also = the number of meters above the base
of the Bridge Creek Limestone)
	Total Plank.	total number of planktic foraminifera counted
	Total Benthics	total number of benthic foraminifera counted
	Total Forams	total number of planktic and benthic foraminifera
counted
	Biserial Heteroh.	total number of specimens of the biserial
planktic foraminifera Heterohelix counted
	Triserial Guemb.	total number of specimens of the triserial
planktic foraminifera Guembelitria counte
	Planispir.	total  umber of planispiral planktic foraminifera
counted
	Keeled planktics	total number of keeled planktic
foraminifera counted
	Neobulimina	total number of specimens of the benthic
foraminifera Neobulimina counted
	Gavelinella	total number of specimens of the benthic
foraminifera Gavelinella counted
	Other calcareous	total nunmber of other calcareous benthic
foraminifera counted
	Agglutinated	total number of agglutinated benthic foraminifera
counted
	% mixed-layer illite-smectite     percentage of randomly
interstratified illite and smectite clay minerals present in the
clay-mineral fraction
	% discrete illite	percentage of discrete (nonmixed-layer)
illite present in the clay mineral fraction
	% kaolinite	percentage of kaolinite present in the clay-mineral
fraction
	% chlorite	percentage of chlorite present in the clay-mineral
fraction