Aeolian sediments in lower to middle (?) Triassic rocks of central Wyoming

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 132, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 69-88

  Irmen, A P ^a   Vondra, C F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Sedimentary rocks; Triassic; Wind transport; Wyoming

Indexed keywords

EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EOLIAN PROCESS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TRIASSIC; WIND;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034008647     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(99)00129-3     Document Type: Article

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