Compactional deformation bands in Wingate Sandstone; additional evidence of an impact origin for Upheaval Dome, Utah

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 256, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 169-181

  Okubo, Chris H ^a   Schultz, Richard A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canyonlands National Park; deformation band; impact crater; Upheaval Dome; Wingate Sandstone

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION BAND; IMPACT CRATER;

COMPACTION; DEFORMATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; METEOR IMPACTS;

SANDSTONE;

COMPACTION; CRATER; DEFORMATION; GRAIN SIZE; IMPACT; METEORITE; MICROSTRUCTURE; POROSITY; SANDSTONE;

CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 33847658847     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.01.024     Document Type: Article

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