Stromatactis cavities in sediments and the role of coarse-grained accessories

Bulletin of Geosciences

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 123-146

  Hladil, Jindřich ^a   Ružička, Marek ^b   Koptíková, Leona ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PROCESS FUNDAMENTALS   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Carbonate sediments; Crinoid columnals; Polydisperse suspensions; Sedimentation experiments; Stromatactis cavities

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CAVITY; COHESIVE SEDIMENT; GRAIN SIZE; PARTICLE SETTLING; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SEDIMENTATION; STABILITY ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

CRINOIDEA;

EID: 33751549476     PISSN: 12141119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3140/bull.geosci.2006.02.123     Document Type: Article

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