A preserved Late Cretaceous biological soil crust in the capping sandstone member, Wahweap Formation, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah: Paleoclimatic implications

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 230, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 139-145

  Simpson, W S ^a   Simpson, E L ^b   Wizevich, M C ^c   Malenda, H F ^b   Hilbert Wolf, H L ^d   Tindall, S E ^b  

^a Parkland High School   (United States)

^b KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological soil crusts; Cretaceous; Eolian; Paleosols; Utah

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS; CRETACEOUS; EOLIAN; PALEOSOLS; UTAH;

QUARTZ; SANDSTONE; STAIRS;

SOILS;

CRETACEOUS; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; OUTCROP; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; PRESERVATION; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL CRUST;

GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 84755161377     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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