Implications of diapir-derived detritus and gypsic paleosols in Lower Triassic strata near the Castle Valley salt wall, Paradox Basin, Utah

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 885-888

  Lawton, Timothy F ^a   Buck, Brenda J ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diapirism; Gypsum; Moenkopi Formation; Paleosols; Paradox Basin; Salt structures

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS-FLOW DEPOSITS; DIAPIR-DERIVED DETRITUS; MOENKOPI FORMATION; MUDSTONE-RICH FLOOD-BASIN DEPOSITS; PARADOX BASIN; SALT STRUCTURES;

DEPOSITION; GYPSUM; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTATION;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DETRITUS; DIAPIR; DIAPIRISM; DOLOMITE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GYPSUM; PALEOSOL; SABKHA; TRIASSIC;

CASTLE VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 33750052858     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22574.1     Document Type: Article

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