Late cretaceous fluvial-megafan and axial-river systems in the southern Cordilleran Foreland basin: Drip tank member of straight cliffs formation and adjacent strata, Southern Utah, U.S.A.

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 407-434

  Lawton, Timothy F ^a,b   Schellenbach, William L ^a,c   Nugent, Amy E ^a,d  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Mexico)

^c APACHE CORPORATION   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COARSENING; DEPOSITS; EROSION; FELDSPAR; LANDFORMS; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY; ZIRCON;

DETRITAL CARBONATE; FAN PROGRADATION; FLUVIAL CHANNELS; FLUVIAL DEPOSITS; MONSOONAL PRECIPITATION; PRIMARY SEQUENCES; SEDIMENT DISPERSAL; UPPER CRETACEOUS;

TANKS (CONTAINERS);

CLIFF; CRETACEOUS; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FORELAND BASIN; JURASSIC; OROGENIC BELT; OUTCROP; PALEOZOIC; PETROGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; SANDSTONE; STRATIGRAPHY; ZIRCON;

CORDILLERA; PARAGUAY; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 84903265388     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2014.33     Document Type: Article

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