Formation of high-frequency sequences and their bounding surfaces: Case study of the Eocene Yegua Formation, Texas Gulf Coast, USA

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 102, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 155-186

  Meckel III, L D ^a,b   Galloway, W E ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; GRAIN SIZE; REWORKING; SEA LEVEL VARIATION; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

USA, TEXAS, GULF COAST;

EID: 0029752781     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0037-0738(95)00061-5     Document Type: Article

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