Stratal attributes and evolution of asymmetric inner- and outer-bend levee deposits associated with an ancient deep-water channel-levee complex within the Isaac Formation, southern Canada

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 824-842

  Khan, Zishann A ^a   Arnott, R W C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Channel levee evolution; Deep water levees; Isaac Formation; Lateral stratigraphic trends; Turbidites; Windermere Supergroup

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL-LEVEE EVOLUTION; DEEPWATER; ISAAC FORMATION; LATERAL STRATIGRAPHIC TRENDS; TURBIDITES; WINDERMERE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DEPOSITS; EROSION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STRATIGRAPHY;

LEVEES;

DEEP WATER; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EROSION; SEAFLOOR; SUBMARINE CHANNEL; TURBIDITE;

CANADA;

EID: 79551576291     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.07.009     Document Type: Article

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