Architecture of the tectonically influenced Sobrarbe deltaic complex in the Ainsa Basin, northern Spain

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 127, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 127-169

  Dreyer, Tom ^a   Corregidor, Jordi ^b   Arbues, Pau ^c   Puigdefabregas, Cai ^a,d  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

^b Carrer Josep Ricant 2   (Spain)

^c Carrer Sant Mateu 15   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Growth strata; Sedimentary facies; Sequence stratigraphy; Syn tectonic deposits

Indexed keywords

DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; EOCENE; FACIES; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SYNTECTONIC SEDIMENT;

SPAIN;

EID: 0033451570     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(99)00056-1     Document Type: Article

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