Paleoenvironmental isotope geochemistry and paragenesis of lacustrine and palustrine carbonates, Flagstaff Formation, central Utah, U.S.A.

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 78, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 162-174

  Bowen, Gabriel J ^a,b   Daniels, Andrew L ^a   Bowen, Brenda B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EARTH (PLANET); EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; LAKES; LIME; LITHOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

CARBONATE DEPOSITION; DIAGENETIC ALTERATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE WARMING; ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUMS; PALEOENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; STABLE ISOTOPE DATA;

ISOTOPES;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESICCATION; DIAGENESIS; DOLOSTONE; GLOBAL WARMING; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LIMESTONE; MICRITE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGENE; PARAGENESIS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARIZONA; FLAGSTAFF; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH; WASATCH PLATEAU;

EID: 41749100857     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2008.021     Document Type: Article

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