Tectonic control of nested sequence architecture in the Castlegate Sandstone (upper cretaceous), Book Cliffs, Utah

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 737-748

  Yoshida, Shuji ^a   Willis, Andrew ^a   Miall, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SALT TECTONICS; SHALE; STRESS ANALYSIS; SUBSIDENCE;

CRUSTAL SHORTENING; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; HIGHSTAND SYSTEMS TRACT; SEQUENCE ARCHITECTURES; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; STRUCTURAL MOVEMENTS; THIRD-ORDER SEQUENCES;

SANDSTONE;

CRETACEOUS; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STACKING PATTERN; STRUCTURAL CONTROL;

USA, UTAH, BOOK CLIFFS;

EID: 0030455992     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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