Nd isotopes of Atoka Formation (Pennsylvanian) turbidites displaying anomalous east-flowing paleocurrents in the frontal Ouachita belt of Oklahoma: Implications for regional sediment dispersal

Journal of Geology

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 733-740

  Dickinson, William R ^a   Patchett, P Jonathan ^a   Ferguson, Charles A ^a   Suneson, Neil H ^a   Gleason, James D ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETRITAL DEPOSIT; OROGENY; PENNSYLVANIAN; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TURBIDITE;

NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; OUACHITA MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1242299780     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/378337     Document Type: Article

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