Clastic Pipes and Soft-Sediment Deformation of the Jurassic Carmel Formation, Southern Utah, U.S.A.: Implications For Pipe Formation Mechanisms and Host-Rock Controls

Journal of Sedimentary Research - Tập 88 Số 9 - Trang 1076-1095 - 2018
David Wheatley1, Marjorie A. Chan1
1Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 115 S 1460 E, Room 383, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, U.S.A.

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