Braided-river deposits in a muddy depositional setting: The Molina Member of the Wasatch Formation (Paleogene), West-Central Colorado, U.S.A

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 376-385

  Lorenz, John C ^a   Nadon, Gregory C ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIDED RIVER; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MUDSTONE; PALEOGENE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; BEDFORM; DEFORMATION; DEPOSITION; MUD; SANDSTONE; SHALLOW WATER;

UNITED STATES; COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA;

DEPOSITION; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CONTROLLED DEPOSITION; DEPOSITIONAL SETTING; DISCHARGE REGIMES; ELEVATED SOURCES; FLUVIAL MODELING; FLUVIAL SYSTEMS; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SOFT-SEDIMENT DEFORMATION;

RIVERS;

CYNOMYS;

EID: 14244273468     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/100801720376     Document Type: Article

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