Sedimentary fades and three-dimensional reconstructions of upper Oligocene meander belts from the Loranca Basin, Spain

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 241-257

  Díaz Molina, Margarita ^a   Belen Munoz Garcia M ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; FLOW SEPARATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

CROSS STRATIFICATIONS; HORIZONTAL PROJECTIONS; MEANDER WAVELENGTHS; MEANDERING CHANNEL; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SUBSURFACE RESERVOIR; THREE-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

RIVERS;

ANTICLINE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GRAIN SIZE; MEANDER; OLIGOCENE; RECONSTRUCTION; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; THRUST;

LORANCA BASIN; SPAIN;

EID: 77649222422     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/07210909010     Document Type: Article

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