Stratigraphic response across a structurally dynamic shelf: The latest guadalupian composite sequence at Walnut Canyon, New Mexico, U.S.A

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 80, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 808-828

  Rush, Jason ^a,b   Kerans, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; MEMORY ARCHITECTURE; ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY;

CARBONATE PLATFORMS; CATASTROPHIC FAILURES; CEMENTED FRACTURE; CRITICAL ASSESSMENT; DEPOSITIONAL PROCESS; MECHANICAL FAILURES; STRATIGRAPHIC ARCHITECTURE; VERTICAL ACCRETION;

DEPOSITION;

BRECCIA; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CEMENTATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FACIES; PERMIAN; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SHELF SEDIMENT;

NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

FUSULINIDA; JUGLANS;

EID: 77958600610     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2010.073     Document Type: Article

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