The castlegate sandstone of the book cliffs, Utah: sequence stratigraphy, paleogeography, and tectonic controls

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 537-548

  Miall, Andrew D ^a   Arush, Mohamud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; SANDSTONE; UNLOADING;

EROSION SURFACES; PALEOCURRENTS; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; SEQUENCE CORRELATION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC CONTROL; THRUST LOADING;

STRATIGRAPHY;

PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SANDSTONE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034886747     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/103000710537     Document Type: Article

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