Geochemical correlation in deltaic successions: A reality check

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 117, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 620-632

  North, Colin P ^a   Hole, Malcolm J ^a   Jones, Daniel G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Book Cliffs; Correlation; Cretaceous; Deltas; Geochemistry; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BARREN SUCCESSIONS; GEOCHEMICAL CORRELATION; HEAVY-MINERAL SEPARATION; PETROGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES;

CORRELATION METHODS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MINERALS; PETROGRAPHY; ROCKS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

CRETACEOUS; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; GEOCHEMISTRY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

BOOK CLIFFS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18944382296     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25436.1     Document Type: Article

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