Stratigraphy and static connectivity of braided fluvial deposits of the lower Escanilla Formation, south central Pyrenees, Spain

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 585-617

  Labourdette, Richard ^a  

^a TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL RADAR; SANDSTONE; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; STRATIGRAPHY;

FIELD DESCRIPTION; FLUVIAL DEPOSITS; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; ORTHOPHOTOGRAPHS; RANDOM SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; VERTICAL CHANNELS;

DEPOSITS;

BRAIDED RIVER; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; CONNECTIVITY; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; MUD; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORTHOPHOTO; OUTCROP; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STATIC RESPONSE; STOCHASTICITY; STRATIGRAPHY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

PYRENEES; SPAIN;

EID: 79955635239     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/08181009203     Document Type: Article

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