Field test of autogenic control on alluvial stratigraphy (Ferris Formation, Upper Cretaceous-Paleogene, Wyoming)

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 124, Issue 11-12, 2012, Pages 1898-1912

  Hajek, E A ^a   Heller, P L ^b   Schur, E L ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL BASINS; CHANNEL PROPERTY; CLAST SIZES; CLIMATE CONDITION; EXTERNAL FORCE; FIELD SCALE; FIELD TEST; PALEOCURRENTS; SEA-LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS; SEDIMENT PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTARY PROCESS; SEDIMENTARY SYSTEMS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; STRATIGRAPHIC ORGANIZATIONS; TECTONIC MOVEMENTS; TEMPORAL SCALE; TIME-SCALES; WYOMING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DYNAMICS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; TECTONICS;

STRATIGRAPHY;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIMESCALE;

HANNA BASIN; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 84871124120     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30526.1     Document Type: Article

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