Cycles in perilacustrine facies of late Mesozoic rift basins, southeasthern Mongolia

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 786-804

  Johnson, Cari L ^a   Graham, Stephan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; EROSION; FLOORS; LAKES; METAL IONS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PYRITES; SPONTANEOUS POTENTIAL LOGGING; TEXTURES;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EVAPORATIVE CONCENTRATION; GREEN RIVER FORMATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; SOFT-SEDIMENT DEFORMATION; SPONTANEOUS POTENTIALS; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

OIL WELL LOGGING;

CRETACEOUS; CYCLIC SEDIMENTATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FLUVIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; RIFT ZONE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA; WORLD;

EID: 11044232349     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/051304740786     Document Type: Article

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