Sand composition changes across key boundaries of siliciclastic and hybrid depositional sequences

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 236, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 153-163

  Amorosi, Alessandro ^a   Zuffa, Gian Gaspare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allogenic and autogenic control; Depositional sequence; Key stratigraphic surface; Sand composition

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC; ALLOGENIC AND AUTOGENIC CONTROL; CASE HISTORY; COMPLEX INTERACTION; COMPOSITIONAL CHANGES; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCES; EUSTASY; EXTERNAL CONTROL; GRAIN PRODUCTION; KEY STRATIGRAPHIC SURFACE; LITERATURE DATA; MIOCENE; MULTIPLE TIMESCALES; NEARSHORES; NORTHERN APENNINES; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SAND COMPOSITION; SEDIMENT FLUX; SEQUENCE-STRATIGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION; TECTONIC EXHUMATION; TEMPORAL SCALE; TURBIDITE DEPOSITS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; SAND; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TECTONICS;

STRATIGRAPHY;

ARENITE; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; DIAGENESIS; FACIES ANALYSIS; MIOCENE; SAND; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TIMESCALE; TURBIDITE;

ADRIATIC COAST [ITALY]; APENNINES; ITALY;

EID: 79952627011     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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