A sequence stratigraphic model for an intensely bioturbated shallow-marine sandstone: The Bridport Sand Formation, Wessex Basin, UK

Sedimentology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1229-1263

  Morris, Jenny E ^a   Hampson, Gary J ^a   Johnson, Howard D ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bridport Sand Formation; Clinoform; Facies architecture; Ichno facies analysis; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; FACIES ANALYSIS; SANDSTONE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESSEX BASIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33751188880     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2006.00811.x     Document Type: Article

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