Palaeosols and sequence stratigraphy of the Lower Permian Abo Member, south-central New Mexico, USA

Sedimentology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1566-1583

  Mack, Greg H ^a   Tabor, Neil J ^b   Zollinger, Henry J ^c  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HESS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Incised valley; New Mexico; Palaeosols; Permian; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

INCISED VALLEY; NEW MEXICO; PALAEOSOLS; PERMIAN; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AQUIFERS; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; LANDFORMS; SOIL CONSERVATION;

STRATIGRAPHY;

AGGRADATION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; INCISED VALLEY; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; PERMIAN; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TERRACE; WATERLOGGING;

NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956625122     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2010.01156.x     Document Type: Article

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