Swaley cross-stratification in medium to coarse sandstone produced by oscillatory and combined flows: Examples from the Proterozoic Kansapathar Formation, Chhattisgarh Basin, M.P., India

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 129, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 51-70

  Datta, Basudeb ^a   Sarkar, Soumen ^a   Chaudhuri, Asru K ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Coarse siliciclastics; Combined flow; Oscillatory flow; Proterozoics; Shallow marine; Swaley cross strata; Trough cross strata

Indexed keywords

CROSS-STRATIFICATION; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE;

INDIA;

EID: 0033226338     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(99)00086-X     Document Type: Article

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