The transition between sheet-like lobe and basin-plain turbidites in the Hecho (south-central Pyrenees, Spain)

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 798-819

  Remacha, Eduard ^a   Fernández, Luis P ^b   Maestro, Eudald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

DIAGNOSTIC FEATURES; FACIES ANALYSIS; FLOW TRANSFORMATIONS; STACKING PATTERNS; TURBIDITE SYSTEMS; TURBIDITY CURRENT; UNDULAR BORE; VERY FINE SANDS;

TOPOGRAPHY;

FACIES ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TURBIDITE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PYRENEES; WORLD;

EID: 28244490939     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2005.064     Document Type: Article

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