Flow-depth scaling in alluvial architecture and nonmarine sequence stratigraphy: Example from the castlegate sandstone, Central Utah, U.S.A.

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 121-130

  Hajek, E A ^a   Heller, P L ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; METALS; SANDSTONE; SCOUR; SEA LEVEL;

ALLUVIAL ARCHITECTURE; DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEM; FLUVIAL DEPOSITION; FLUVIAL DEPOSITS; LARGE RIVERS; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SURFACE SPACING;

STRATIGRAPHY;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CAMPANIAN; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; LIDAR; MUDSTONE; SANDSTONE; SCOUR; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; UNCONFORMITY;

UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 84859222111     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2012.8     Document Type: Article

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