Early Jurassic eolian dune field, Pomperaug basin, Connecticut and related synrift deposits: Stratigraphic framework and paleoclimatic context

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 187, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 63-81

  LeTourneau, Peter M ^a   Huber, Phillip ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eolian; Newark Supergroup; Paleoclimate; Pomperaug rift basin; Portland brownstone; Sandstone

Indexed keywords

DUNE FIELD; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; FACIES; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PALEOCLIMATE; RIFT ZONE; SANDSTONE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

AFRICA; ARGANA BASIN; CANADA; CONNECTICUT; HARTFORD BASIN; MINAS BASIN; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA; POMPERAUG BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645977150     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.12.005     Document Type: Article

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