Alluvial facies evolution during the Palaeozoic greening of the continents: Case studies, conceptual models and modern analogues

Sedimentology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 220-258

  Davies, Neil S ^a   Gibling, Martin R ^a   Rygel, Michael C ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT POTSDAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Channelled braided; Fluvial; Meandering; Palaeozoic; Sheet braided; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

CHANNELLED-BRAIDED; FLUVIAL; MEANDERING; PALAEOZOIC; SHEET-BRAIDED;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); DEPOSITS; VEGETATION; WEATHERING;

RIVERS;

ACCRETION; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FACIES; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MEANDER; PALEOZOIC; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SORTING; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; WEATHERING;

EMBRYOPHYTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 78751554100     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2010.01215.x     Document Type: Article

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