Polygonal cracking in coarse clastics records cold temperatures in the equatorial Fountain Formation (Pennsylvanian-Permian, Colorado)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 268, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 193-204

  Sweet, Dustin E ^a   Soreghan, Gerilyn S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fountain Formation; Paleoclimate; Pennsylvanian; Permian; Polygonal cracking; Thermal contraction

Indexed keywords

COOLING; CRACKING; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; PALEOCLIMATE; PENNSYLVANIAN; PERMIAN; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

COLORADO; LOVELAND; MANITOU SPRINGS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53049100135     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.03.046     Document Type: Article

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