The role of sediment supply in controlling alluvial architecture: An example from the Spanish Pyrenees

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 749-759

  Vincent, Stephen J ^a  

^a Madingley Rise   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alluvial architecture; Pyrenees; Sediment supply; Spain; Tertiary

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; TERTIARY;

SPAIN;

EID: 0032752948     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.156.4.0749     Document Type: Article

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