Gravelly Gilbert-type fan delta on the Conway Coast, New Zealand: Foreset depositional processes and clast imbrications

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 198, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 147-166

  McConnico, T S ^a   Bassett, Kari N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Clast imbrication fabric; Debris flow; Fan delta; Foreset processes; New Zealand; Sediment gravity flows; Submarine slumps; Turbidity currents

Indexed keywords

CLAST; DEBRIS FLOW; FAN DELTA; GRAVITY FLOW; IMBRICATION; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTATION; SUBMARINE FAN; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 34248144923     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.05.026     Document Type: Article

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