Sequence stratigraphic controls on synsedimentary cementation and preservation of dinosaur tracks: Example from the lower Cretaceous, (Upper Albian) Dakota Formation, Southeastern Nebraska, U.S.A.

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 246, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 367-389

  Phillips Jr , Preston Lee ^a   Ludvigson, Greg A ^b   Matthew Joeckel, R ^c   González, Luis A ^d   Brenner, Robert L ^e   Witzke, Brian J ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT PEMBROKE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^f Iowa Geological Survey   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonate cements; Cretaceous; Diagenesis; Dinosaur tracks; Isotopes

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONATE; CEMENTATION; DINOSAUR; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LITHIFICATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PRESERVATION; RECHARGE; SANDSTONE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRACE FOSSIL;

NEBRASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

DINOSAURIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33947178336     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.10.013     Document Type: Article

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