Sequence stratigraphy, cyclic facies, and lagerstätten in the Middle Cambrian Wheeler and Marjum Formations, Great Basin, Utah

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 277, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 9-33

  Brett, Carlton E ^a   Allison, Peter A ^b   DeSantis, Michael K ^a   Liddell, W David ^c   Kramer, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cambrian; Cyclicity; lagerst tten; Sequence stratigraphy; Taphofacies

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CAMBRIAN; DETRITUS; FACIES; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRILOBITE;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; GREAT BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

AGNOSTOIDEA; ALGAE; ANIMALIA; EOCRINOIDEA; JENKINSONIA; LAVANDULA; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 67349233837     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.02.010     Document Type: Article

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