Gravelly spit deposits in a transgressive systems tract: The Pleistocene Higashikanbe Gravel, central Japan

Sedimentology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 135-149

  Hiroki, Yoshihisa ^a   Masuda, Fujio ^b  

^a OSAKA KYOIKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gilbert type delta; Gravel bed; Gravelly spit; Large scale foreset; Topset; Transgressive systems tract

Indexed keywords

DELTA; GRAVEL; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL;

JAPAN;

EID: 0034053220     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.2000.00283.x     Document Type: Article

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