Ichnology and sedimentology of a mud-dominated deltaic coast: Upper cretaceous alderson member (Lea Park FM), western Canada

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 803-824

  Hovikoski, Jussi ^a   Lemiski, Ryan ^a   Gingras, Murray ^a   Pemberton, George ^a   MacEachern, James A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COARSENING; DEPOSITS; EROSION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LANDFORMS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SCOUR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

CROSS STRATIFICATIONS; DEPOSITIONAL MODELS; DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEM; GRAIN SIZE TREND; SEDIMENT VOLUMES; SEDIMENTARY UNITS; SUBAQUEOUS DELTA; UPPER CRETACEOUS;

SHALE;

CRETACEOUS; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; GRAIN SIZE; ICHNOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

PLANOLITES;

EID: 58149335109     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2008.089     Document Type: Article

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