Mass-balance effects in depositional systems

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 435-450

  Paola, Chris ^a   Martin, John M ^b  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; DEPOSITS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEM; GENERALIZED MODELS; GRAVITY ANOMALIES; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MASS BALANCE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; STRATIGRAPHIC RECORDS; TRANSPORT SYSTEMS;

EXTRACTION;

DEPOSITION; FACIES ANALYSIS; GRAIN SIZE; GRAVITY ANOMALY; MASS BALANCE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUBSIDENCE; TURBIDITE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 84864341721     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2012.38     Document Type: Article

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