Facies and fluvial architecture of a high-energy braided river: The Upper Proterozoic Seglodden Member, Varanger Peninsula, northern Norway

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 114, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 131-141

  Hjellbakk, Andor ^a  

^a Esso Norge AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Braided river; Fluvial architecture; Fluvial deposits; Precambrian; Sedimentology; Varanger Peninsula

Indexed keywords

BRAIDED RIVER; FACIES DISTRIBUTION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; PROTEROZOIC;

NORWAY, VARANGER PENINSULA;

EID: 0031420412     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(97)00075-4     Document Type: Article

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