Playa lake and sheetflood deposits of the Upper Cretaceous Jindong Formation, Korea: Occurrences and palaeoenvironments

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 187, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 83-103

  Paik, I S ^a   Kim, H J ^a  

^a Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Jindong Formation; Korea; Palaeoenvironment; Playa lake; Sheetflood; Upper Cretaceous; Vanished evaporites

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CRETACEOUS; EVAPORITE; FLOOD DEPOSIT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBSIDENCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; NORTH AMERICA; PLAYA LAKES; UNITED STATES;

AVES; DINOSAURIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33645992433     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.12.006     Document Type: Article

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