Architecture analysis of a river flood-dominated delta during an overall sea-level rise (early Pliocene, SE Spain)

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 237, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 102-113

  Garcia Garcia F ^a   Corbi H ^b   Soria, J M ^b   Viseras, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate signature; Climbing ripples; Hyperpycnal turbidity flows; River flood deposits; Shallow water delta

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; FERTILIZERS; FLOODS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RIVERS; SEA LEVEL; TURBIDITY;

CLIMATE SIGNATURES; CLIMBING RIPPLES; HYPERPYCNAL; RIVER FLOODS; SHALLOW-WATER DELTAS;

SANDSTONE;

CONGLOMERATE; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; FACIES; FLOOD DEPOSIT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; INCISED VALLEY; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PLIOCENE; RAINFALL; RIPPLE; RIVER DISCHARGE; SANDSTONE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHALLOW WATER;

SPAIN;

EID: 79953164759     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2011.02.010     Document Type: Article

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