The influence of syndepositional basin floor deformation on the geometry of turbiditic sandstones: A reinterpretation of the Côte de l'Âne area (Sanguinière-Restefonds sub-basin, Grès d'Annot, Late Eocene, France)

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 221, Issue , 2004, Pages 203-222

  Broucke, Olivier ^a   Guillocheau, François ^a   Robin, Cécile ^b   Joseph, Philippe ^c   Calassou, Sylvain ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^d CSTJF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; FACIES ANALYSIS; FLEXURE; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTATION; TURBIDITE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2142639430     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.221.01.11     Document Type: Article

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