Calibrating the zenith of dinosaur diversity in the Campanian of the Western Interior Basin by CA-ID-TIMS U–Pb geochronology

J Ramezani, TL Beveridge, RR Rogers, DA Eberth… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The spectacular fossil fauna and flora preserved in the Upper Cretaceous terrestrial strata of
North America's Western Interior Basin record an exceptional peak in the diversification of …

New 40Ar-39Ar and detrital zircon U-Pb ages for the Upper Cretaceous Wahweap and Kaiparowits formations on the Kaiparowits Plateau, Utah: implications for …

ZA **nah, EM Roberts, AL Deino, JS Larsen… - Cretaceous …, 2009 - Elsevier
In order to better constrain the age and provenance of the Upper Cretaceous Wahweap and
Kaiparowits formations in southern Utah, U-Pb SHRIMP ages were obtained for detrital …

Provenance of the Paleocene–Eocene Wilcox Group, western Gulf of Mexico basin: Evidence for integrated drainage of the southern Laramide Rocky Mountains and …

GN Mackey, BK Horton, KL Milliken - Bulletin, 2012 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Laramide basement blocks of the US Rocky Mountain Province have long been considered
the sediment source of the Paleocene–Eocene Wilcox Group, implying that large-scale …

The Kaiparowits Formation: a remarkable record of Late Cretaceous terrestrial environments, ecosystems, and evolution in western North America

EM Roberts, SD Sampson, AL Deino, SA Bowring… - 2013 - researchonline.jcu.edu.au
[Extract] Updated Sedimentological and paleontological data support earlier assertions that
the Kaiparowits Formation was deposited in a wet alluvial to coastal plain setting with an …

Texacephale langstoni, a new genus of pachycephalosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the upper Campanian Aguja Formation, southern Texas, USA

NR Longrich, J Sankey, D Tanke - Cretaceous Research, 2010 - Elsevier
Recent work in the Campanian Aguja Formation of Big Bend, Texas, has resulted in the
recovery of two frontoparietal domes from a new genus of pachycephalosaur. Texacephale …

Impact of Mexican Border rift structural inheritance on Laramide rivers of the Tornillo basin, west Texas (USA): Insights from detrital zircon provenance

C Kortyna, DF Stockli, TF Lawton, JA Covault… - …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract Late Cretaceous to Eocene Laramide basement–involved shortening fragmented
the Sevier and Mexican foreland basins. This resulted in a major drainage reorganization in …

Cretaceous basaltic phreatomagmatic volcanism in west Texas: maar complex at Pena Mountain, Big Bend National park

KS Befus, RE Hanson, TM Lehman… - Journal of Volcanology and …, 2008 - Elsevier
A structurally complex succession of basaltic pyroclastic deposits produced from
overlap** phreatomagmatic volcanoes occurs within Upper Cretaceous floodplain …

When do fractures initiate during the geological history of a sedimentary basin? Test case of a loading-fracturing path methodology

JP Petit, AI Chemenda, D Minisini, P Richard… - Journal of Structural …, 2022 - Elsevier
We propose a methodology to determine the initiation and reactivation of fracturing during
the geological history of a sedimentary basin. The data input is derived from the Eagle Ford …

Stratigraphy and depositional history of the Aguja Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Campanian) of West Texas, southwestern USA

TM Lehman, SL Wick, CC Macon, JR Wagner… - …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract Although the Aguja Formation (West Texas, southwestern USA) and its fossil
vertebrate fauna have been known for over a century, its basic stratigraphic requisites (type …

Revised age constraints for Late Cretaceous to early Paleocene terrestrial strata from the Dawson Creek section, Big Bend National Park, west Texas

CE Leslie, DJ Peppe, TE Williamson… - GSA …, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We analyzed samples for paleomagnetism, 40 Ar/39 Ar detrital sanidine ages, and
mammalian fauna to produce a precise chronostratigraphic framework for the Upper …