Active synsedimentary tectonism on a mixed carbonate-siliciclastic continental margin: Third-order sequence stratigraphy of a ramp to basin transition, lower Sekwi Formation, Selwyn Basin, Northwest Territories, Canada

Sedimentology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 513-542

  Dilliard, Kelly A ^a   Pope, Michael C ^b   Coniglio, Mario ^c   Hasiotis, Stephen T ^d   Lieberman, Bruce S ^d  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cordillera; Debris flows; Early Cambrian; Laurentian margin; Sequence stratigraphy; Syndepositional tectonism

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEBRIS FLOW; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; HIGHSTAND; LAURENTIA; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; SYNSEDIMENTARY TECTONICS; SYSTEMS TRACT; TRANSGRESSION; UNCONFORMITY;

CANADA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; SELWYN BASIN;

EID: 74549154992     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2009.01095.x     Document Type: Article

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