High-resolution sequence stratigraphy of an alluvial fan-fan delta environment: Stratigraphic and geodynamic implications - An example from the Keuper Chaunoy Sandstones, Paris Basin

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 121, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 207-237

  Bourquin, Sylvie ^a   Rigollet, Christophe ^b   Bourges, Philippe ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Centre des Sciences de la Terre   (France)

^c TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

Alluvial fan; Baselevel; High resolution sequence stratigraphy; Paris Basin; Triassic

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; FAN DELTA; GEODYNAMICS; KEUPER; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRIASSIC;

FRANCE; PARIS BASIN;

EID: 0032216398     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(98)00081-5     Document Type: Article

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