Facies and facies architecture of Paleocene floodplain deposits, Fort Union Formation, Bighorn Basin, Wyoming

Mountain Geologist

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 57-70

  Kraus, Mary J ^a   Wells, Tina M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FACIES; FLOODPLAIN; PALEOCENE; PALEOSOL;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032883629     PISSN: 0027254X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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