Mio-Pliocene chronostratigraphy, basin morphology and paleodrainage relations derived from the Bidahochi Formation, Hopi and Navajo nations, northeastern Arizona

Mountain Geologist

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 55-82

  Dallegge, Todd A ^a   Ort, Michael H ^a   McIntosh, William C ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar dating; Basin paleogeography; Bidahochi Formation; Colorado Plateau; Colorado River; Hopi Lake; Lithostratigraphy; Little Colorado River; Miocene Pliocene; Volcanic ash geochemistry

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIOCENE; NEOTECTONICS; PLIOCENE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042825191     PISSN: 0027254X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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