Outcrop versus core and geophysical log interpretation of mid-Cretaceous paleosols from the Dakota Formation of Kansas

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 329-330, Issue , 2012, Pages 47-63

  Retallack, Gregory J ^a   Dilcher, David L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Diagenesis; Kansas; Paleoclimate; Paleosol; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BLACK SHALE; CALCITE; CRETACEOUS; DIAGENESIS; DRILLING; FLOODPLAIN; FOSSIL RECORD; HEMATITE; LATERITE; LOGGING (GEOPHYSICS); OUTCROP; OVERPRINTING; OXIDATION; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOSOL; SELENITE; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION; WOODLAND;

KANSAS; MINNESOTA; NEBRASKA; NEVADA; NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

CONIFEROPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 84859425735     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.02.017     Document Type: Article

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