Partial ponding of turbidite systems in a basin with subtle growth-fold topography: Laingsburg-Karoo, South Africa

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 603-620

  Grecula, Martin ^a   Flint, Stephen ^a   Potts, Graham ^a   Wickens, Deville ^b   Johnson, Stephen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY; FOLDING; FORELAND BASIN; PALEOZOIC; SEDIMENTATION; SYNTECTONIC SEDIMENT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TURBIDITE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FOLD BELT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

SOUTH AFRICA; AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

DEFORMATION; DEPOSITS; FLOORS; OCEAN CURRENTS; PONDING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ARCHITECTURAL TYPES; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FACIES DISTRIBUTION; MAXIMUM THICKNESS; SPATIAL CONTINUITY; THICKNESS VARIATION; TURBIDITE DEPOSITS; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0042163071     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/120402730603     Document Type: Article

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