Differentiating the effect of episodic tectonism and eustatic sea-level fluctuations in foreland basins filled by alluvial fans and axial deltaic systems: Insights from a three-dimensional stratigraphic forward model

Sedimentology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 809-835

  Clevis, Quintijn ^a   de Boer, Poppe L ^a   Nijman, Wouter ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Foreland basin; Incised valley fills; Relative sea level; Stratigraphic simulation

Indexed keywords

BASIN FILL; EUSTACY; FORELAND BASIN; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TECTONIC SETTING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 3543048881     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2004.00652.x     Document Type: Article

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