Ichnology and sedimentology reveal depositional characteristics of bay-margin parasequences in the Miocene Amazonian foreland basin

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 871-883

  Gingras, Murray K ^a   Räsänen, Matti E ^b   Pemberton, S George ^c   Romero, Lidia P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d Inst Geologico Minero/Metallurgico   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACKISH WATER; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FORELAND BASIN; ICHNOLOGY; MIOCENE; PARASEQUENCE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; BAY; BIOTURBATION; DEPOSITION; ICHNOFABRIC; WATER COLUMN;

PERU; AMAZON RIVER; AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

ACCOMMODATION SPACE; AMAZONIAN FORELAND BASIN; DEPOSITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEPOSITIONAL MODELS; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; STRATIFIED WATERS;

DEPOSITION;

PLANOLITES; SCOLICIA; THALASSINOIDES;

EID: 0038067787     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/052002720871     Document Type: Article

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