Control of alluvial sedimentation at Foreland-basin active margins: A case study from the Northeastern Ebro basin (Southeastern Pyrenees, Spain)

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 728-749

  Barrier, Laurie ^a,b   Proust, Jean Noël ^a   Nalpas, Thierry ^a   Robin, Cécile ^a   Guillocheau, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DEPOSITS; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; STREAM FLOW; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

ALLUVIAL SEDIMENTATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEPOSITIONAL PROCESS; DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES; FEEDBACK INTERACTION; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENT; STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCES;

CATCHMENTS;

ACTIVE MARGIN; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ALLUVIAL FAN; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DRAINAGE BASIN; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; FORELAND BASIN; SEDIMENTATION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

EBRO BASIN; PYRENEES; SPAIN;

EID: 77955753133     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2010.069     Document Type: Article

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