River-plume sedimentation modeling for sequence stratigraphy: Application to the Eel margin, northern california

Marine Geology

Volumn 154, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 29-41

  Morehead, Mark D ^a   Syvitski, James P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Eel River; Numerical model; River plume; Sedimentation; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; MODELING; QUATERNARY; RIVER PLUME; SEDIMENTATION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033514268     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00101-7     Document Type: Article

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