Unusual Holocene and late Pleistocene carbonate sedimentation in Bear Lake, Utah and Idaho, USA

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 185, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 93-112

  Dean, Walter ^a   Rosenbaum, Joseph ^a   Skipp, Gary ^a   Colman, Steven ^b   Forester, Richard ^a   Liu, An ^c   Simmons, Kathleen ^a   Bischoff, James ^d  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aragonite; Calcite; Leach chemistry; Organic carbon; Oxygen, carbon, and strontium isotopes

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; CALCITE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; HOLOCENE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

BEAR LAKE; IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

OSTRACODA;

EID: 32444449847     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.11.016     Document Type: Article

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