Facies and architectural element analysis of a meandering fluvial succession: The Permian Warchha Sandstone, Salt Range, Pakistan

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 221, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 99-126

  Ghazi, Shahid ^a,b   Mountney, Nigel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Fluvial; Lateral accretion; Meandering; Pakistan; Point bar; Salt Range

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CONGLOMERATE; CROSS-BEDDING; FACIES; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MEANDER; PERMIAN; SANDSTONE;

ASIA; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN]; SALT RANGE; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70349959883     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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