A depositional model for storm- and tide-influenced prograding siliciclastic shorelines from the Middle Devonian of the central Appalachian foreland basin, USA

Sedimentology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 611-629

  Prave, Anthony R ^a,d   Duke, William L ^b   Slattery, William ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^c WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL MODEL; DEVONIAN; MAHANTANGO FORMATION; PALAEOSHORELINE; SHALLOW MARINE SEDIMENTATION; STORM SEDIMENTATION;

USA, PENNSYLVANIA, APPALACHIAN BASIN;

EID: 0029750029     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.1996.tb02017.x     Document Type: Article

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