Deep-water foreland basin deposits of the Cerro Toro Formation, Magallanes basin, Chile: Architectural elements of a sinuous basin axial channel belt

Sedimentology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1333-1359

  Hubbard, Stephen M ^a   Romans, Brian W ^b   Graham, Stephan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Architectural elements; Cerro Toro Formation; Confined channel lev e complex; Deep water stratigraphy; Foreland basin; Gravity flow deposits

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FOREARC BASIN; FORELAND BASIN; GRAVITY FLOW; MARINE SEDIMENT; MUDSTONE; PALEOCURRENT; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

AUSTRAL BASIN; CHILE; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 52249105822     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2007.00948.x     Document Type: Article

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