Foreland basin structural growth recorded in the Turonian Ferron Sandstone of the Western Interior Seaway Basin, USA

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1107-1110

  Fielding, Christopher R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRIVING FORCES; EROSION SURFACES; FERRON SANDSTONE; FOREBULGE; FORELAND BASIN; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; STRATIGRAPHIC ARCHITECTURE; TECTONIC FORCING; TURONIAN;

ARCHES; GEODYNAMICS; SANDSTONE; TECTONICS;

STRATIGRAPHY;

DEPOSITION; EUSTACY; FACIES ANALYSIS; FOLDING; FORELAND BASIN; GEODYNAMICS; SANDSTONE; SEA LEVEL; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS; TURONIAN;

FERRON; UNITED STATES; UTAH; WESTERN INTERIOR;

EID: 80955159688     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32411.1     Document Type: Article

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