Eolian-derived siltstone in the Upper Permian Phosphoria Formation: Implications for marine upwelling

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1023-1026

  Carroll, Alan R ^a   Stephens, Nat P ^a   Hendrix, Marc S ^b   Glenn, Craig R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILT;

LOW OXYGEN CONDITIONS; MOST LIKELY; ORGANIC-RICH SHALES; PHOSPHATIC SEDIMENTS; SAND TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT GRAVITY FLOW; UPPER PERMIAN; WIND REGIME;

DEPOSITION;

EOLIAN DEPOSIT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PERMIAN; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SILTSTONE; UPWELLING;

IDAHO; SODA SPRINGS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879887112     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<1023:EDSITU>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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