Architecture and formation of transgressive-regressive cycles in marginal marine strata of the John Henry Member, Straight Cliffs Formation, Upper Cretaceous of Southern Utah, USA

Sedimentology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1486-1513

  Allen, Jessica L ^a   Johnson, Cari L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bounding surfaces; Straight cliffs formation; Transgressive deposits

Indexed keywords

BOUNDING SURFACES; FACIES ARCHITECTURE; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; MARINE DEPOSITS; MARINE STRATA; PROCESS CHANGE; RAVINEMENT; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; SEQUENCE-STRATIGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION; SHOREFACE; STRAIGHT CLIFFS FORMATION; STRATIGRAPHIC ARCHITECTURE; SURFACE RECORDINGS; UPPER CRETACEOUS; UTAH , USA;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ARCHITECTURE; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

DEPOSITS;

CRETACEOUS; FACIES; FLOODING; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE;

UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 80052950811     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2010.01223.x     Document Type: Article

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