Facies and architectural asymmetry in a conglomerate-rich submarine channel fill, cerro toro formation, Sierra Del Toro, Magallanes Basin, Chile

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1085-1108

  Jobe, Zane R ^a   Bernhardt, Anne ^a   Lowe, Donald R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; METALS;

ASYMMETRIC CHANNEL; ASYMMETRIC CROSS SECTION; DEPOSITIONAL MODELS; EXPERIMENTAL MODELS; FACIES DISTRIBUTION; LATERAL ACCRETIONS; OVERBANK DEPOSITION; SUBMARINE CHANNEL;

SUBMARINES;

ASYMMETRY; BASIN FILL; CLAST; CONGLOMERATE; CRETACEOUS; CROSS SECTION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FACIES; FORELAND BASIN; SANDSTONE; SUBMARINE CHANNEL;

AUSTRAL BASIN; CHILE;

EID: 78650314358     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2010.092     Document Type: Article

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