Palynofacies prediction of distance from sediment source: A case study from the Upper Cretaceous of the Pyrenees

Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 569-571

  Tyson, Richard V ^a   Follows, Ben ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lateral variation; Palynofacies; Phytoclasts; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

ACTUAL DISTANCE; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCES; LATERAL VARIATIONS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION MODEL; PALYNOFACIES; PHYTOCLASTS; PRESERVATION STATE; PYRENEES; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATES; REGRESSION RELATIONSHIP; SEDIMENT SOURCES; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SILICICLASTIC SEDIMENTS; SPANISH PYRENEES; STANDARD ERRORS; STRATIGRAPHIC DATA; TRANSGRESSIVE SYSTEMS TRACTS; UPPER CRETACEOUS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DEBRIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCREENING; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

STRATIGRAPHY;

BASIN; CRETACEOUS; FACIES; PARTICLE SIZE; PREDICTION; PRESERVATION; REGRESSION; SEDIMENT; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SYSTEMS TRACT;

PYRENEES;

EID: 0034432395     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2000)28<569:PPODFS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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