Sedimentary facies and sequence stratigraphy of coarse-grained Gilbert-type deltas within the Pliocene thrust-top Potenza Basin (Southern Apennines, Italy)

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 210, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 87-110

  Longhitano, Sergio G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coarse grained Gilbert type braid deltas; Depositional processes; High frequency relative sea level changes; Tectonic uplift

Indexed keywords

DELTA; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; PLIOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; UPLIFT;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 52749092076     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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