The lower Eocene Roda Sandstone (south-central Pyrenees): An example of a flood-dominated river-delta system in a tectonically controlled Basin

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 223-255

  Tinterri, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Delta front sandstone lobes; Fallingstage systems tract; Hyperpycnal flows; Mouth bars; River delta; Sigmoidal cross stratification; Tidal deposits

Indexed keywords

BAR; DELTA; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; EOCENE; FACIES ANALYSIS; GRAVITY FLOW; HIGHSTAND; MUDSTONE; SANDSTONE; SEAWATER; STRATIFICATION; TIDAL CURRENT; TRANSGRESSION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PYRENEES;

EID: 34548573703     PISSN: 00356883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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