Navajo sand sea of near-equatorial Pangea: Tropical westerlies, slumps, and giant stromatolites

GSA Field Guides

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-13

  Loope, David ^a   Eisenberg, Len ^b   Waiss, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Burrows; Eolian; Interdune; Navajo Sandstone; Pluvial; Stromatolites; Tracks

Indexed keywords

SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TROPICS;

BURROWS; EOLIAN; INTERDUNE; NAVAJO SANDSTONES; PLUVIAL; STROMATOLITES; TRACKS;

SURFACE WATERS;

EID: 33646134083     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-0005-1.1     Document Type: Article

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