Diachronous isotopic and sedimentary responses to topographic change as indicators of mid-Eocene hydrologic reorganization in the western United States

Basin Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 829-845

  Kent Corson, Malinda L ^a   Mulch, Andreas ^b   Graham, Stephan A ^c   Carroll, Alan R ^d   Ritts, Bradley D ^e   Chamberlain, C Page ^c  

^a BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CENOZOIC; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DRAINAGE NETWORK; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; OROGENY; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TERRESTRIAL DEPOSIT; TOPOGRAPHY;

IDAHO; LARAMIE BASIN; MONTANA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 78651492552     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2009.00456.x     Document Type: Article

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