The geometry and internal architecture of stream mouth bars in the Panther Tongue and the Ferron Sandstone members, Utah, USA

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 80, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 1018-1031

  Enge, Håvard D ^a,b   Howell, John A ^a   Buckley, Simon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SANDSTONE;

FERRON SANDSTONE; GRADIENT PARAMETER; INTERNAL ARCHITECTURE; LARGE VOLUMES; PARASEQUENCE; PHOTO-REALISTIC; SYSTEMATIC CHANGES; VIRTUAL OUTCROPS;

DATA STREAMS;

BEDLOAD; PARASEQUENCE; PROGRADATION; SANDBAR; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE;

UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 78650378428     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2010.088     Document Type: Article

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