Stratigraphic analysis of eolian interactions with marine and fluvial deposits, middle jurassic page sandstone and carmel formation, Colorado Plateau, U.S.A.

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 324-342

  Blakey, Ronald C ^a   Havholm, Karen G ^b   Jones, Lawrence S ^a,c  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEOLIAN DEPOSIT; JURASSIC; MARINE DEPOSIT; SABKHA DEPOSIT; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

USA, ARIZONA, COLORADO PLATEAU; USA, UTAH, COLORADO PLATEAU;

DEPOSITS; EROSION; FLOODS; LIME; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

CORRELATION TOOLS; DEPOSITIONAL EVENT; HIGHSTAND SYSTEMS; MARINE TRANSGRESSION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK; SEQUENCE-BOUNDING UNCONFORMITIES; SILICICLASTIC INFLUX; STRATIGRAPHIC ANALYSIS;

SANDSTONE;

EID: 0029729273     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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