A stratigraphic model to account for complexity in aeolian dune and interdune successions

Sedimentology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 964-989

  Mountney, Nigel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Accumulation; Aeolian; Climate; Dune; Interdune; Water table

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ACCUMULATION; AEOLIAN; CLIMATE; DUNE; INTERDUNE; WATER TABLE;

AQUIFERS; ARCHITECTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELS; DEPOSITS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEOLOGY;

STRATIGRAPHY;

ACCUMULATION RATE; AQUIFER; BEDFORM; CARBON DIOXIDE; DUNE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; MODELING; OUTCROP; PALEOCLIMATE; PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; WATER TABLE;

EID: 84858708966     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2011.01287.x     Document Type: Article

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