Eustatic control on alluvial sequence stratigraphy: A possible example from the Cretaceous-Tertiary transition of the Tornillo Basin, Big Bend National Park, West Texas, U.S.A

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 391-404

  Atchley, Stacy C ^a   Nordt, Lee C ^a   Dworkin, Stephen I ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA LEVEL;

ALLUVIAL VALLEYS; BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK; CHANNEL AVULSIONS; EUSTATIC SEA LEVEL; SEALEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SYMMETRICAL PATTERN;

STRATIGRAPHY;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CRETACEOUS; EUSTACY; PALEOSOL; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TERTIARY;

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2542485602     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/102203740391     Document Type: Article

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