Terrace inundation as an autocyclic mechanism for parasequence formation: Galveston Estuary, Texas, U.S.A

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 608-620

  Rodriguez, Antonio B ^a   Anderson, John B ^b   Simms, Alexander R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSTEPPING; ESTUARIES; FLOODS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS; TOPOGRAPHY;

ACCOMMODATION SPACE; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; FLUVIAL TERRACES; HYDRODYNAMIC PROCESS; INCISED VALLEY FILL; SEDIMENT DELIVERY; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; SEDIMENTATION RATES;

LANDFORMS;

INCISED VALLEY; PARASEQUENCE; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; VALLEY FILL;

GALVESTON BAY; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27244442392     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2005.050     Document Type: Article

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