Anatomy and origin of toplap in a mixed carbonate-clastic system, Seven Rivers Formation (Permian, Guadalupian), Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico, USA

Sedimentology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 807-826

  Rankey, Eugene C ^a,b   Lehrmann, Daniel J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; PERMIAN; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEVEN RIVERS FORMATION; TOPLAP;

USA, NEW MEXICO, GUADELUPE MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0030482669     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.1996.tb01504.x     Document Type: Article

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