Geomorphic controls on lacustrine isotopic compositions: Evidence from the Laney Member, Green River Formation, Wyoming

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 236-252

  Doebbert, Amalia C ^a   Carroll, Alan R ^a   Mulch, Andreas ^b,c   Chetel, Lauren M ^a   Chamberlain, C Page ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL AVERAGE; DIAGENETICS; GEOMORPHIC CONTROLS; GREEN RIVER; GREEN RIVER FORMATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC SHIFT; LAKE TYPES; MASS-BALANCE MODELING; OXYGEN ISOTOPE VALUES; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER WATER; SHIFT-AND; SNAKE RIVER; STANDARD MEAN OCEAN WATERS; SUDDEN CHANGE; WYOMING; XRD;

CARBONATE MINERALS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LAKES; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXYGEN; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

RIVERS;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; EOCENE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MASS BALANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER WATER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

GREEN RIVER; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

BIVALVIA;

EID: 77950304857     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26522.1     Document Type: Article

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