Origin of the Carbonate Sediments in the Wilkins Peak Member of the Lacustrine Green River Formation (Eocene), Wyoming, USA

Modern and Ancient Lake Sediments

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 109-127

  Smoot, Joseph P ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

A large accumulation of'primary' dolomite; Caliche crusts and cements formed in the alluvial fans; Dense dolomite surface crusts formed on the evaporative mudflat; Dolomite surface crusts; Eocene Green River Formation; Mound shape travertine tufa precipitated along spring fed streams

Indexed keywords

CARBONATION; CEMENTS; LAKES; LANDFORMS; LIMESTONE; RIVERS;

A LARGE ACCUMULATION OF'PRIMARY' DOLOMITE; ALLUVIAL FANS; DOLOMITE SURFACE CRUSTS; GREEN RIVER FORMATION; MOUND-SHAPE TRAVERTINE TUFA PRECIPITATED ALONG SPRING-FED STREAMS; MUDFLATS;

SEDIMENTS;

EID: 84955100108     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444303698.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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