Depositional environments and paleolimnology of an ancient caldera lake: Oligocene Creede Formation, Colorado

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 526-544

  Larsen, Daniel ^a,b   Crossey, Laura J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BIOLOGY; CARBONATION; DEPOSITS; FALLOUT; GROUNDWATER; LIME; LIMESTONE; MINERALS; VOLCANOES;

CONTINENTAL SCIENTIFIC DRILLINGS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEPOSITIONAL PROCESS; GROUNDWATER SEEPAGE; LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTATIONS; LIMESTONE DEPOSITS; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; SURFACE EXPOSURE; VOLCANIC SETTINGS;

LAKES;

BASIN EVOLUTION; BICARBONATE; CALDERA; CARBONATE GROUP; EPHEMERAL LAKE; FALLOUT; HIGHSTAND; LAKE LEVEL; LIMESTONE; OLIGOCENE; TRAVERTINE; VOLCANISM; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALAEOLIMNOLOGY;

COLORADO; CREEDE; UNITED STATES; SAN JUAN VOLCANIC FIELD; USA;

EID: 0029773984     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1996)108<0526:DEAPOA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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