Climate forcing in a wave-dominated delta: The effects of drought-flood cycles on delta progradation

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 76, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 1067-1076

  Fraticelli, Carmen M ^a  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DROUGHT; FLOODS; LANTHANUM;

CLIMATE FORCINGS; COMPLEX PROCESSES; PRE-CONDITIONING; PROGRADATION; SEDIMENT YIELDS; T-ROUGH SETS; WAVE ACTIONS; WAVE-DOMINATED;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE FORCING; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; DROUGHT; FLOOD; PROGRADATION;

BRAZOS RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751003818     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2006.097     Document Type: Article

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