Sedimentology, stratigraphy, and depositional environment of the Crystal Geyser Dinosaur Quarry, east-central Utah

Palaios

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 513-527

  Suarez, Marina B ^a,c   Suarez, Celina A ^a   Kirkland, James I ^b   González, Luis A ^c   Grandstaff, David E ^a   Terry Jr , Dennis O ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FOSSIL; MICROMORPHOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PETROGRAPHY; QUARRY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TRAVERTINE;

GREEN RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

DINOSAURIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 35048860998     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2006.p06-014r     Document Type: Article

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