Fabric anisotropy induced by primary depositional variations in the silt: Clay ratio in two fine-grained slope fan complexes: Texas Gulf Coast and northern North Sea

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 226, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 42-53

  Day Stirrat, Ruarri J ^a   Dutton, Shirley P ^a   Milliken, Kitty L ^a   Loucks, Robert G ^a   Aplin, Andrew C ^b   Hillier, Stephen ^c   van der Pluijm, Ben A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Diagenesis; Fabric; Mudstone; Phyllosilicate; Textural goniometry

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; BIOTURBATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIAGENESIS; GRAIN SIZE; MUDSTONE; PHYLLOSILICATE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SILT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 77952958501     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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