The Moenave Formation: Sedimentologic and stratigraphic context of the Triassic-Jurassic boundary in the Four Corners area, southwestern U.S.A.

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 244, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 111-125

  Tanner, Lawrence H ^a   Lucas, Spencer G ^b  

^a LE MOYNE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eolian; Ephemeral stream; Erg; Moenave; Wingate

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; COASTAL SEDIMENT; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DUNE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EPHEMERAL STREAM; ERG; FACIES; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; JURASSIC; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; OUTCROP; PALEOENVIRONMENT; REGRESSION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHEET FLOW; SILT; STRATIGRAPHY; TRIASSIC;

ECHO CLIFFS; FOUR CORNERS; WARD TERRACE;

EID: 33846243300     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.06.039     Document Type: Article

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