Isolated highstand shelf sandstone body of turbiditic origin, lower Kenilworth Member, Cretaceous Western Interior, Book Cliffs, Utah, USA

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 177, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 131-144

  Pattison, Simon A J ^a  

^a BRANDON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Book Cliffs; Correlation; Deltaic sedimentation; Sequence stratigraphy; Shelf environment; Turbidite; Western Interior Seaway

Indexed keywords

DELTAIC DEPOSIT; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; SANDSTONE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TURBIDITE;

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

EID: 20444375417     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.02.005     Document Type: Article

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