Correlation of aptian-albian carbon isotope excursions in continental strata of the cretaceous Foreland Basin, Eastern Utah, U.S.A.

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 80, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 955-974

  Ludvigson, Greg A ^a   Joeckel, R M ^b   González, Luis A ^c   Gulbranson, Erik L ^d   Rasbury, E Troy ^e   Hunt, Gary J ^f   Kirkland, James I ^g   Madsen, Scott ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CALCITE; CARBON; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; LEAD ALLOYS; SILICATE MINERALS; ZIRCON;

ARIDIFICATION; CARBON ISOTOPE EXCURSIONS; DETRITAL ZIRCON; EARLY CRETACEOUS; FORELAND BASIN; GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE; OCEANIC ANOXIC EVENT; PALEOCLIMATES;

URANIUM ALLOYS;

ACCUMULATION RATE; ALBIAN; APTIAN; ARIDIFICATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; FORELAND BASIN; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLATITUDE; SANDSTONE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TYPE SECTION;

UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 78650404397     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2010.086     Document Type: Article

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