A highstand shelf-margin delta system from the Eocene of West Spitsbergen, Norway

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 203, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 229-245

  Uroza, Carlos A ^a   Steel, Ronald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Auto retreat; Highstand shelf margin delta; Rising relative sea level; Rising shelf edge trajectory

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; DEPOSITION; EOCENE; FACIES; OUTCROP; SANDSTONE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHELF SEDIMENT;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 39549108291     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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