Paleogeographic reconstruction of the Eocene Idaho River, North American Cordillera

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 123, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 71-88

  Chetel, Lauren M ^a   Janecke, Susanne U ^b   Carroll, Alan R ^a   Beard, Brian L ^a   Johnson, Clark M ^a   Singer, Brad S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING AGE; GREEN RIVER; K-FELDSPAR; LEAD ISOTOPE; MESOZOIC; METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX; NORTH AMERICAN; OREGON COAST; PALEOGEOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION; PALEOVALLEY; PROTEROZOIC; RIVER SYSTEMS; TOTAL LENGTH; VOLCANIC FIELD; VOLCANICLASTIC SEDIMENTS; WYOMING;

CRYSTALS; ISOTOPES; LEAD; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES; WATERSHEDS;

RIVERS;

EOCENE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; METAMORPHIC ROCK; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; RIVER SYSTEM; SANDSTONE; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

GREEN BASIN; IDAHO; NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 79251490083     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30213.1     Document Type: Article

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