Regional paleoclimatic and stratigraphic implications of paleosols and fluvial/overbank architecture in the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic), Western Interior, USA

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 167, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 115-135

  Demko, Timothy M ^a   Currie, Brian S ^b   Nicoll, Kathleen A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Morrison Formation; Paleoclimate; Paleosols; Sequence stratigraphy; Unconformities

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; JURASSIC; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

COLORADO PLATEAU; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN INTERIOR;

EID: 2542523806     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2004.01.003     Document Type: Article

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