A conceptual tectonostratigraphic model for seismic facies migrations in a fluvio-lacustrine extensional basin

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-61

  Strecker, Uwe ^a   Steidtmann, J R ^b   Smithson, S B ^b  

^a University of Wyoming ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FLUVIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032969386     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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