How plausible are high-frequency sediment supply-driven cycles in the stratigraphic record?

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 157, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 3-13

  Castelltort, Sebastien ^a   Van Den Driessche, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Cycles; Geomorphology; Sediment supply; Sedimentary system; Sequences

Indexed keywords

CLASTIC SEDIMENT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; TIMESCALE;

EID: 0037450935     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(03)00066-6     Document Type: Article

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