Distinguishing middle Late Cretaceous tectonic events from regional sea-level change using foraminiferal data from the U.S. Western Interior

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 259-268

  Martinson, Virginia S ^a,b   Heller, Paul L ^a   Frerichs, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CORUNDUM; SANDSTONE; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONICS;

DIFFERENTIAL SUBSIDENCE; EUSTATIC SEA LEVEL; HIGH RESOLUTION; LATE CRETACEOUS; REGIONAL SEA LEVEL CHANGES; SEA-LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS; SEDIMENT LOADING; TECTONIC EVENTS;

SEA LEVEL;

CAMPANIAN; CONIACIAN; CRETACEOUS; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FORELAND BASIN; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

KANSAS; UNITED STATES; UTAH; WESTERN INTERIOR; WYOMING;

EID: 84874986568     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1998)110<0259:DMLCTE>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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