Long-term sediment accumulation in the Middle Jurassic-early Eocene Cordilleran retroarc foreland-basin system

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 591-594

  DeCelles, P G ^a   Currie, B S ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY;

CRUSTAL SHORTENING; EARLY EOCENE; FORELAND BASIN; LATE CRETACEOUS; LATE JURASSIC; MIDDLE JURASSIC; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; UPPER CRETACEOUS; LOW RATES; RAPID RATE;

STRATIGRAPHY; GEOLOGY;

CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FORELAND BASIN; GEOACCUMULATION; JURASSIC; OROGENY; PROGRADATION; UNCONFORMITY; MESOZOIC; PALAEOGENE; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION;

USA; UTAH;

EID: 0030463080     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0591:LTSAIT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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