Labyrinthine facies architecture of the törtola fluvial system and controls on deposition (late oligocene-early miocene, loranca basin, Spain)

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 850-867

  Martinius, Allard W ^a,b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b StatoilHydro Research Centre   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; RIVERS; SANDSTONE;

DEPOSITIONAL CONDITION; FACIES ARCHITECTURE; GEOMORPHIC THRESHOLDS; HYDRAULIC REGIMES; LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL GRADIENTS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ARCHITECTURE; UPPER AND LOWER BOUNDS;

DEPOSITION;

DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FACIES ANALYSIS; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE;

SPAIN;

EID: 0033831979     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/2DC4093D-0E47-11D7-8643000102C1865D     Document Type: Article

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