Sr isotope evidence for a lacustrine origin for the upper Miocene to Pliocene Bouse Formation, lower Colorado River trough, and implications for timing of Colorado Plateau uplift

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 767-778

  Spencer, Jon E ^a   Patchett, P Jonathan ^b  

^a Arizona Geological Survey   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; ESTUARIES; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; LAKES; RIVERS; SEA LEVEL; SEAWATER; TIMING CIRCUITS; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS;

COLORADO PLATEAU; COLORADO RIVER; EARLY PLIOCENE; ESTUARINE MODELS; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; MARINE WATERS; PALEOENVIRONMENTS; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES; LATE CENOZOIC; UPPER MIOCENE;

STRONTIUM; RIVERS;

CENOZOIC; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DOMINANCE; INVERTEBRATE; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MARL; MOLLUSC; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SHELL BED; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; UPLIFT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAKE DEPOSIT; MIOCENE; PLIOCENE; STRONTIUM;

ARIZONA; COLORADO PLATEAU; COLORADO RIVER [NORTH AMERICA]; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES; YUMA; CALIFORNIA; USA;

EID: 0030725005     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<0767:SIEFAL>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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