Shelf-edge architecture and bypass of sand to deep water: Influence of shelf-edge processes, sea level, and sediment supply

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 79, Issue 9-10, 2009, Pages 652-672

  Carvajal, Cristian ^a   Steel, Ron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; RIVERS; SAND; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTS; STORMS; WATER WAVES;

DEEP-WATER AREA; DEEP-WATER FANS; ESTUARINE DEPOSITS; FLUVIAL INCISION; HYPERPYCNAL FLOWS; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; WAVES AND TIDES;

SEA LEVEL;

AGGRADATION; DEEP WATER; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FAN DELTA; OPEN OCEAN; SAND; SANDSTONE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHELF BREAK; TIDAL CURRENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 70350144391     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2009.074     Document Type: Review

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