3-D architecture and sequence stratigraphic evolution of a forced regressive top-truncated mixed-influenced delta, Cretaceous Wall Creek Sandstone, Wyoming, U.S.A.

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 303-323

  Lee, Keumsuk ^a,b   McMechan, George A ^a   Gani, M Royhan ^a,c   Bhattacharya, Janok P ^a,d   Zeng, Xiaoxian ^a   Howell Jr , Charles D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; DEPOSITS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; RIVERS; SEA LEVEL; STRATIGRAPHY; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

3D ARCHITECTURES; ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT; FACIES ARCHITECTURE; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (GPR); HIGHSTAND SYSTEMS TRACT; REGRESSIVE DEPOSITS; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; TRANSGRESSIVE RAVINEMENT;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS;

DELTAIC DEPOSIT; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; REGRESSION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

RAPTORES;

EID: 34447271511     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2007.031     Document Type: Article

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