Geophysical and geological signatures of relative sea level change in the upper Wheeler Formation, Drum Mountains, West-Central Utah: A perspective into exceptional preservation of fossils

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 277, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 34-56

  Halgedahl, S L ^a   Jarrard, R D ^a   Brett, C E ^b   Allison, P A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cambrian; Gamma ray spectrometry; Lagerst tte; Magnetic susceptibility; Wheeler Formation

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CAMBRIAN; FOSSIL; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; HIGHSTAND; LAGERSTATTE; LAGOONAL SEDIMENTATION; LIMESTONE; LITHOFACIES; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MUDSTONE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; TRANSGRESSION;

DRUM MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

AGNOSTIDA; ALGAE; ANNELIDA; ARTHROPODA; HYOLITHIDAE; PHYLLOCARIDA; PRIAPULIDA; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 67349168790     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.02.011     Document Type: Article

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