Stratigraphic revision of the Green River Formation in Fossil Basin, Wyoming: Overfilled to underfilled lake evolution

Rocky Mountain Geology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 165-181

  Buchheim, H Paul ^a   Cushman Jr , Robert A ^b   Biaggi, Roberto E ^c  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Walla Walla College   (United States)

^c Universidad Adventista del Plata   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Angelo member; Balanced fill lake basin; Eocene; Fossil basin; Fossil butte member; Green river formation; Lacustrine; Overfilled lake basin; Road hollow member; Underfilled lake basin

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; FACIES; FLOODPLAIN; LAKE EVOLUTION; PALEOECOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

COLORADO; GREEN RIVER; UNITED STATES; UTAH; WYOMING;

EID: 84855362134     PISSN: 15557332     EISSN: 15557340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsrocky.46.2.165     Document Type: Article

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