Downslope coarsening in aeolian grainflows of the Navajo Sandstone

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 265-266, Issue , 2012, Pages 156-162

  Loope, David B ^a   Elder, James F ^b   Sweeney, Mark R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b University of South Dakota ^*  (Canada)

^c W O Farber Center for Civic Leadership   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeolian; Avalanche; Dune; Grainflow; Navajo Sandstone

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); GRADING; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; OSTWALD RIPENING; SANDSTONE; STRATIGRAPHY;

AEOLIAN; DUNE; GRAINFLOW; LASER DIFFRACTIONS; MEDIAN GRAIN SIZES; NATIONAL PARKS; NAVAJO SANDSTONES; STRATIGRAPHIC COLUMNS;

COARSENING;

AVALANCHE; DUNE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GRAIN SIZE; JURASSIC; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STRATIGRAPHY;

UNITED STATES; UTAH; ZION NATIONAL PARK;

CANIS LATRANS;

EID: 84861830449     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2012.04.005     Document Type: Article

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