Estuarine circulation in the Turonian Western Interior seaway of North America

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 941-952

  Slingerland, Rudy ^a   Kump, Lee R ^a   Arthur, Michael A ^a   Fawcett, Peter J ^a,b   Sageman, Bradley B ^a,c   Barron, Eric J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE MODELS; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC CARBON; RUNOFF; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CARBON ENRICHMENT; CHEMICAL EVOLUTION; COASTAL OCEAN MODEL; ESTUARINE CIRCULATION; INITIAL AND BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHES; PALEOBATHYMETRY;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; COASTAL ZONE; DRAINAGE WATER; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; FRESHWATER INPUT; LITHOFACIES; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; TRACE ELEMENT; TURONIAN; WATER MASS; CIRCULATION MODEL; CRETACEOUS; FACIES DISTRIBUTION; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY;

CANADA; HUDSON BAY; WESTERN INTERIOR; USA;

EID: 0030449341     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1996)108<0941:ECITTW>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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