No change in fluvial style across a sequence boundary, Cretaceous Blackhawk and Castlegate formations of central Utah, U.S.A

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1038-1051

  Adams, Michael M ^a   Bhattacharya, Janok P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); DEPOSITS; FLOODS; RIVERS; SANDSTONE; STRATIGRAPHY;

AVERAGE HEIGHT; BRAIDED STREAM; CHANNEL GEOMETRY; FLUVIAL FACIES; HIGHSTAND SYSTEMS TRACT; MEANDERING STREAMS; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; SYSTEMS TRACTS;

MILITARY HELICOPTERS;

CRETACEOUS; FLUVIAL PROCESS; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 28144462641     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2005.080     Document Type: Article

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