Application of quartz sand microtextural analysis to infer cold-climate weathering for the equatorial fountain formation (Pennsylvanian-Permian, Colorado, U.S.A.)

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 80, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 666-677

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA STREAMS; DEPOSITS; FOUNTAINS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE; LANDFORMS; QUARTZ; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; STRATIGRAPHY; WEATHERING;

CLIMATIC INDICATORS; COLD TEMPERATURES; ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE; GLACIAL INFLUENCES; GRAIN-TO GRAIN CONTACT; STRATIGRAPHIC INTERVALS; TRANSPORT DISTANCES; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

FRACTURE;

GLACIATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PENNSYLVANIAN; PERMIAN; QUARTZ; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEXTURE; WEATHERING;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

UTE;

EID: 77955754408     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2010.061     Document Type: Article

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