Sequence stratigraphy of the lower-middle Hueco transition interval (lower Permian, Wolfcampian), Robledo Mountains, New Mexico

New Mexico Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 27-37

  Mack, Greg H ^a   Giles, Katherine A ^b   Durr, Corey W ^c  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^c US Department of the Interior Bureau Land Management   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE ROCK; DEEP WATER; LITHOFACIES; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SHALLOW WATER; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; STRATIGRAPHIC BOUNDARY; SUBSIDENCE; WOLFCAMPIAN;

NEW MEXICO; ROBLEDO MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879369292     PISSN: 0196948X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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