Watershed reconstruction of a Paleocene-Eocene lake basin using Sr isotopes in carbonate rocks

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 120, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 85-95

  Gierlowski Kordesch, E H ^a   Jacobson, A D ^b   Blum, J D ^c   Valero Garces B L ^d  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Flagstaff Formation; Lacustrine; Nonmarine carbonates; Paleohydrology; Sevier Belt; Utah

Indexed keywords

DIAGENESIS; LACUSTRINE; PALEOHYDROLOGY;

CARBONATES; EROSION; HYDROLOGY; ISOTOPES; SEDIMENTATION; STRONTIUM; TECTONICS; WATERSHEDS;

NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

CARBONATE ROCK; ISOTOPIC RATIO; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOHYDROLOGY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; WATERSHED;

EID: 38549094005     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26070.1     Document Type: Article

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