Stratigraphy, lithologies, and sedimentary structures of Owens Lake core OL-92

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 317, Issue , 1997, Pages 9-23

  Smith, George I ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; DEPOSITS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILT; STRATIGRAPHY; WATER;

ADDITIONAL CYCLES; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; CLASTIC SEDIMENTS; LACUSTRINE DEPOSITS; PALEOCLIMATIC RECORD; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

LAKES;

BIOTURBATION; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; CORE ANALYSIS; CORE LOGGING; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LITHOLOGY; OOLITE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

BISHOP; CALIFORNIA; OWENS LAKE; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0347235806     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2317-5.9     Document Type: Article

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