Quantifying the geometry and sediment fabric of linear slopes: Examples from the Tertiary of Italy (Southern Alps and Gargano Promontory)

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 154, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 11-30

  Adams, Erwin W ^a,d   Morsilli, Michele ^b   Schlager, Wolfgang ^a   Keim, Lorenz ^c   Van Hoek, Tomas ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angle of repose; Carbonate sediments; Geometry; Italy; Slopes; Tertiary

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; DEPOSITION; GEOMETRY; GRAIN SIZE; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SLOPE ANGLE; TERTIARY;

ITALY;

EID: 0036890267     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(02)00125-2     Document Type: Article

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