Coniferous trees associated with interdune deposits in the Jurassic Navajo Sandstone Formation, Utah, USA

Palaeontology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 829-843

  Parrish, Judith Totman ^a,b   Falcon Lang, Howard J ^c  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aeolian sandstone; Colorado Plateau; Erg; Jurassic; Sedimentology

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; JURASSIC; OSTRACOD; SANDSTONE; WATER TABLE;

NAVAJO MOUNTAIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

CONIFERALES; CONIFEROPHYTA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 34547450166     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00689.x     Document Type: Article

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