Architecture of an Oligocene fluvial ribbon sandstone in the Ebro Basin, North-eastern Spain

Sedimentology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 845-856

  González Bonorino, Gustavo ^a   Colombo, Fernando ^b   Abascal, Liliana ^c  

^a CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA NACIONAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ebro Basin; Fluvial; Oligocene; Ribbon sandstone; Spain

Indexed keywords

ARENITE; AVULSION; DEPOSITION; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MUDSTONE; OLIGOCENE; RIFFLE; SANDSTONE;

EBRO BASIN; SPAIN;

EID: 77952064656     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2009.01122.x     Document Type: Article

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