Detailed architecture of a compound incised valley system and correlation with forced regressive wedges: Example of Late Quaternary Têt and Agly rivers, western Gulf of Lions, Mediterranean Sea, France

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 223, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 360-379

  Labaune, C ^a   Tesson, M ^a,b   Gensous, B ^a,b   Parize, O ^c   Imbert, P ^d   Delhaye Prat, V ^e  

^a GD ARGO   (France)

^b BDSI   (France)

^c AREVA NP   (France)

^d TOTAL   (France)

^e Total ^*  (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Compound incised valley system; Forced regressive wedges; Late Quaternary; Western Gulf of Lions

Indexed keywords

BARRIER ISLAND; GEOMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; INCISED VALLEY; LITHOLOGY; POSTGLACIAL; PRESERVATION; QUATERNARY; SEISMIC DATA;

GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 75549087260     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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