Identification and micro-stratigraphy of hyperpycnites and turbidites in Cretaceous Lewis Shale, Wyoming

Sedimentology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1117-1133

  Soyinka, Olatundo A ^a,b   Slatt, Roger M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperpycnites; Laser grain size; Lewis Shale; Micro stratigraphy; Turbidites

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; GRAIN SIZE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MUDSTONE; SILTSTONE; TURBIDITE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 52249088226     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2007.00938.x     Document Type: Article

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