Integrating sandstone petrology and nonmarine sequence stratigraphy: Application to the Late Cretaceous fluvial systems of southwestern Utah, U.S.A

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 389-406

  Lawton, T F ^a   Pollock, S L ^b   Robinson, R A J ^c  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DEPOSITS; RIVERS; SANDSTONE;

ACTIVE STRUCTURES; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; SANDSTONE PETROLOGIES; SEQUENCE ARCHITECTURES; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHIC ARCHITECTURE; STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCES; TEMPORAL ASSOCIATION;

STRATIGRAPHY;

CRETACEOUS; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FORELAND BASIN; PETROLOGY; SANDSTONE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 1942542569     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/100702730389     Document Type: Article

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