Synoptic reconstruction of a major ancient lake system: Eocene Green River Formation, western United States

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• Eocene 100%
• lake 66%
• basin 57%
• river 55%
• creek 25%
• sediment 22%
• basin evolution 20%
• accumulation rate 20%
• lacustrine deposit 18%
• land mammal 13%
• marine record 13%
• paleocurrent 12%
• sanidine 12%
• magnetostratigraphy 12%
• lithostratigraphy 12%
• lacustrine environment 11%
• depocenter 11%
• saline lake 11%
• age determination 10%
• mountain region 10%
• magnetic anomaly 10%
• evaporite 10%
• biostratigraphy 10%
• lake basin 10%
• erosion rate 9%
• detritus 9%
• sedimentation rate 9%
• depositional environment 9%
• temperature anomaly 9%
• canyon 9%
• biotite 8%
• fill 8%
• ash 7%
• river basin 7%
• laser 7%
• drainage 7%
• Cretaceous 6%
• timescale 6%
• cooling 6%
• heating 6%
• province 6%
• sand 5%
• history 5%
• climate 5%
• loss 5%
• comparison 3%
• material 3%
• experiment 3%