10 k.y. depositional cyclicity in the early Eocene: Stratigraphic and 40Ar/39Ar evidence from the lacustrine Green River Formation

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 593-596

  Pietras, J T ^a   Carroll, A R ^a   Singer, B S ^a   Smith, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclicity; Eocene; Green River Formation; Lacustrine

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHIC CONTROL;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPOSITION; DRAINAGE; LAKES; STRATIGRAPHY;

RIVERS;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CYCLIC SEDIMENTATION; EOCENE; INSOLATION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; ORBITAL FORCING; PALEOCLIMATE; SANIDINE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0043204579     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2003)031<0593:KDCITE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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