| Abstract: | The Maroon Formation includes a siltstone-dominated facies interpreted as loessite (lithified loess) along its downwind basin margin. The section of inferred loessite is locally at least 490 m thick and consists in large part of structureless and nearly structureless beds of homogeneous sandy siltstone. Bed contacts are generally planar to undulatory and are either horizontal or are characterized by gentle relief. Deposition of the Maroon Formation was probably strongly affected by cyclic climatic changes synchronous with fluctuations in late Paleozoic continental ice sheets. -from Author |
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| Citation Author: | Johnson, S. Y. |
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| Citation Larger Work Title: | Journal of Sedimentary Petrology |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Significance of loessite in the Maroon Formation (Middle Pennsylvanian to Lower Permian), Eagle Basin, northwest Colorado; 1989; Article; Journal; Journal of Sedimentary Petrology; Johnson, S. Y. |
| Citation Start Page: | 782 |
| Citation Volume: | 59 |
| Citation Year: | 1989 |
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| Text: | Significance of loessite in the Maroon Formation (Middle Pennsylvanian to Lower Permian), Eagle Basin, northwest Colorado; 1989; Article; Journal; Journal of Sedimentary Petrology; Johnson, S. Y. |
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| Date Other: | Sun, 1 Jan 1989 00:00 -0600 |
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