Basin-scale diagenetic alteration of shoreface sandstones in the Upper Cretaceous Spring Canyon and Aberdeen Members, Blackhawk Formation, Book Cliffs, Utah

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 172, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 99-115

  Taylor, Kevin G ^a   Gawthorpe, Rob L ^b   Fannon Howell, Sophia ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Diagenesis; Dolomite; Sequence stratigraphy; Utah

Indexed keywords

CEMENTATION; CRETACEOUS; DIAGENESIS; DOLOMITE; LEACHING;

BOOK CLIFFS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 7544229697     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2004.08.001     Document Type: Article

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