Palustrine-lacustrine and alluvial facies of the (norian) owl rock formation (chinle group), four corners region, southwestern u.s.a: implications for late triassic paleoclimate

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1280-1289

  Tanner, Lawrence H ^a  

^a BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; DEPOSITION; FLOODS; LIME; LIMESTONE;

ALLUVIAL SEDIMENTS; CLIMATIC FLUCTUATIONS; COLORADO PLATEAU; DEPOSITIONAL CONDITION; DEPOSITIONAL MODELS; ROCK FORMATIONS; SEMI-ARID CLIMATE; UPPER TRIASSIC;

CLIMATE MODELS;

FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LITHOFACIES; PALEOCLIMATE; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; TRIASSIC;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034492592     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/031700701280     Document Type: Article

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