Variable style of transition between Palaeogene fluvial fan and lacustrine systems, southern Pyrenean foreland, NE Spain

Sedimentology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 367-390

  Sáez, Alberto ^a   Anadón, Pere ^b   Herrero, María J ^a   Moscariello, Andrea ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^c SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Delta; Distal fluvial fan; Ebro Basin; Hyperpycnites; Terminal lobe; Trace fossils

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; FORELAND BASIN; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MUDFLAT; PALEOGENE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; TRACE FOSSIL;

EBRO BASIN; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33947241326     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2006.00840.x     Document Type: Article

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