Palaeoclimatic inferences from upper Palaeozoic siltstone of the Earp Formation and equivalents, Arizona-New Mexico (USA)

Sedimentology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 701-719

  Soreghan, Gerilyn S ^a   Moses, Andrew M ^a,e   Soreghan, Michael J ^a   Hamilton, Michael A ^b   Mark Fanning, C ^c   Link, Paul K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Pioneer Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Earp Formation; Late Palaeozoic; Loess; Monsoon; Palaeoclimate; Pangaea; Supai Formation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FACIES ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; LOESS; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOZOIC; PENNSYLVANIAN; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILTSTONE;

ARIZONA; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249009861     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2007.00857.x     Document Type: Article

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