Multi-proxy paleosol evidence for middle and late Triassic climate trends in eastern Utah

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 232, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-72

  Prochnow, Shane J ^a   Nordt, Lee C ^a   Atchley, Stacy C ^a   Hudec, Michael R ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Chinle; Paleoclimate; Paleosol; Stable isotope; Triassic

Indexed keywords

PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; PANGAEA; TRIASSIC;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

UTE;

EID: 33244494446     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.08.011     Document Type: Article

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