Three-dimensional quantitative modeling of clinoform development

Marine Geology

Volumn 154, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 383-398

  Driscoll, Neal W ^a   Karner, Garry D ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Advection; Clinoform; Diffusion

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DELTA; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; MODELING; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 0033514398     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00125-X     Document Type: Article

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