Controls on clastic sequence geometries in a shallow-marine, transtensional basin: The Bohemian Cretaceous Basin, Czech Republic

Sedimentology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1077-1114

  Uličný, David ^a   Laurin, Jiři ^a   Čech, Stanvislav ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^b CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Coarse grained delta; Coniacian; Sea level; Subsidence; Tidal current; Turonian

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; BATHYMETRY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; CONIACIAN; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; DEPOSITION; FAULTING; GLACIOEUSTACY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHALLOW WATER; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC SETTING; TIDAL CURRENT; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE; TURONIAN; UPLIFT; WELL LOGGING;

BOHEMIAN BASIN; CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; SUDETES;

CONIACIAN;

EID: 65649135468     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2008.01021.x     Document Type: Article

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