Provenance of the paleocene-eocene wilcox group, western gulf of mexico basin: Evidence for integrated drainage of the southern laramide rocky mountains and cordilleran arc

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 124, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 1007-1024

  Mackey, Glen N ^a   Horton, Brian K ^b   Milliken, Kitty L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE BASEMENT; DETRITAL ZIRCON; GULF OF MEXICO; LARAMIDE; MAGMATIC ARCS; MAGMATIC ROCK; ME-XICO; MODAL DATA; PROGRADATION; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SAND GRAINS; SEDIMENT SOURCES; U-PB AGES; WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO;

BUILDINGS; CATCHMENTS; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; LEAD; MODAL ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

LANDFORMS;

BASEMENT ROCK; DEPOSITION; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; LARAMIDE OROGENY; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PROGRADATION; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; UPLIFT; VOLCANIC ROCK;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; VALLEY OF MEXICO;

EID: 84863533947     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30458.1     Document Type: Article

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