Mixed sediment deposition in a retro-arc foreland basin: Lower Ellis Group (M. Jurassic), Wyoming and Montana, U.S.A

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 177, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 175-194

  Parcell, William C ^a   Williams, Monica K ^a  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonate; Clastic; Evaporite; Jurassic; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

FACIES; FORELAND BASIN; JURASSIC; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD; WYOMING;

EID: 20444406061     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.02.007     Document Type: Article

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