New descriptions of the cap dolostone and associated strata, Neoproterozoic Pocatello Formation, southeastern Idaho, USA

GSA Field Guides

Volumn 21, Issue , 2011, Pages 183-194

  Dehler, Carol M ^a   Anderson, Kathleen ^b   Nagy, Robin ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Brigham Young University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATION; DEPOSITION; LAMINATING; LIME; LIMESTONE; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER WAVES;

HIGHSTAND SYSTEMS TRACT; PALEOENVIRONMENTS; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SILICICLASTIC CARBONATES; STORM-DOMINATED; SYSTEMATIC CORRELATION; TRANSGRESSIVE SYSTEMS TRACTS; UPPER SHOREFACE;

STORMS;

EID: 84896558450     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2011.0021(08)     Document Type: Article

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