Seismic architecture and lithofacies of turbidites in Lake Mead (Arizona and Nevada, U.S.A.), an analogue for topographically complex basins

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 134-148

  Twichell, David C ^a   Cross, Veeann A ^a   Hanson, Andrew D ^b   Buck, Brenda J ^b   Zybala, Jonathan G ^b   Rudin, Mark J ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; MORPHOLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; PONDING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

CHANNELIZED FLOW; HIGH RESOLUTION SEISMIC; NATURAL LABORATORIES; REFLECTION AMPLITUDE; SEDIMENT SURFACE; SEISMIC AMPLITUDES; TURBIDITE SYSTEMS; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

LAKES;

BASIN EVOLUTION; BASIN FILL; LITHOFACIES; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; TURBIDITE;

LAKE MEAD; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14844359807     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2005.011     Document Type: Article

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