Mechanisms for forming discontinuity surfaces within shoreface-shelf parasequences: Sea level, sediment supply, or wave regime?

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-81

  Storms, Joep E A ^a   Hampson, Gary J ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION RATES; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

BOUNDING SURFACES; DISCONTINUITY SURFACES; HIGH FREQUENCY VARIABILITIES; MODEL EXPERIMENTS; POTENTIAL MECHANISM; PROCESS RESPONSE; SEDIMENT SUPPLY RATES; STRATIGRAPHIC VARIABILITIES;

SEA LEVEL;

PROGRADATION; SEDIMENTATION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 14844357873     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2005.007     Document Type: Article

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