Mudstone petrology of the Mesoproterozoic Unkar Group, Grand Canyon, U.S.A.: Provenance, weathering, and sediment transport on intracratonic Rodinia

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 76, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 1106-1119

  Bloch, John D ^a   Timmons, J Michael ^a,c   Crossey, Laura J ^a   Gehrels, George E ^b   Karlstrom, Karl E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; FELDSPAR; GASOLINE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; KAOLINITE; MICA; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; PETROLOGY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; ZIRCON;

AGE CONSTRAINTS; CLAY-SIZE FRACTION; DETRITAL ZIRCON; HYDRODYNAMIC EFFECT; LITHO-STRATIGRAPHIC; SEDIMENTATION RATES; TEMPERATE CLIMATE; WEATHERING REGIMES;

WEATHERING;

DIAGENESIS; MUDSTONE; PROVENANCE; RODINIA; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTARY PETROLOGY;

ARIZONA; GRAND CANYON; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751005284     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2006.107     Document Type: Article

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