Numerical modeling of tides in the Late Pennsylvanian midcontinent seaway of North America with implications for hydrography and sedimentation

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 843-865

  Wells, Martin R ^a   Allison, Peter A ^a   Piggott, Matthew D ^a   Gorman, Gerard J ^a   Hampson, Gary J ^a   Pain, Christopher C ^a   Fang, Fangxin ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL MODELS; SEA LEVEL;

APPALACHIAN BASIN; ASTRONOMICAL TIDES; IMPERIAL COLLEGE; PERMIAN BASINS; RESONANT AMPLIFICATION; SENSITIVITY TESTS; TIDAL CIRCULATION; TROPICAL RIVERS;

TIDES;

HYDROGRAPHY; INLAND SEA; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEAN TIDE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION; TIDAL RANGE; TRANSGRESSION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 35448985415     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2007.075     Document Type: Article

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