Characterization of deltaic sediment bodies based on in situ CPT/CPTU profiles: A case study on the Llobregat delta plain, Barcelona, Spain

Marine Geology

Volumn 222-223, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 497-510

  Lafuerza, S ^a   Canals, M ^a   Casamor, J L ^a   Devincenzi, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b IGEOTEST ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

3D geometry; Cone penetration test; Delta facies; Llobregat delta; Piezocone test; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CONE PENETRATION TESTS; DELTA PLAIN; LOWSTAND SYSTEM TRACT (LST); SEDIMENT FACIES;

CLAY; COASTAL ZONES; DEPOSITION; FLOODS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SILT;

SEDIMENTS;

CONE PENETRATION TEST; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

CATALONIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; LLOBREGAT RIVER; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 27644469447     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2005.06.043     Document Type: Conference Paper

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