Wave-influenced deltas: Geomorphological implications for facies reconstruction

Sedimentology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 187-210

  Bhattacharya, Janok P ^a   Giosan, Liviu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier islands; Deltaic sedimentation; Littoral drift; Reservoir properties; Sand bodies; Tidal inlets

Indexed keywords

BARRIER ISLAND; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; FACIES ANALYSIS; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; TIDAL INLET; WAVE ACTION;

EID: 0037293587     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.2003.00545.x     Document Type: Article

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