Three-dimensional numerical modeling of deltaic depositional sequences 1: Influence of the rate and magnitude of sea-level change

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 203-220

  Ritchie, Bryan D ^a   Gawthorpe, Rob L ^a   Hardy, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; FLOODS; MORPHOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

CONTROLLING PROCESS; DELTA DEVELOPMENT; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCES; INTERNAL GEOMETRY; MAXIMUM FLOODING SURFACES; THREE DIMENSIONAL MORPHOLOGY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODELING; TWO DIMENSIONAL SECTION;

SEA LEVEL;

DELTA; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE;

EID: 2142771197     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/091303740203     Document Type: Article

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