Supply of allochthonous sediment and its effects on development of carbonate mud mounds, mississippian lake valley formation, sacramento mountains, south-central new mexico, USA

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1003-1016

  Dorobek, S L ^a   Bachtel, A S L ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Exxon Mobil Upstream Research Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATION; DEPOSITS; LAKES; MORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

CARBONATE SEDIMENTS; COARSE-GRAINED; GRAVITY FLOWS; GROWTH PHASIS; LATERAL ACCRETIONS; MISSISSIPPIANS; PHYSICAL INTERACTIONS; SEDIMENT GRAVITY FLOW;

LANDFORMS;

ALLOCHTHON; CARBONATE; GRAVITY FLOW; MUD MOUND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035666910     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/030901711003     Document Type: Article

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