Milankovitch-Scale sequence stratigraphy and stepped forced regressions of the turonian ferron notom deltaic complex, South-Central Utah, USA

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 723-746

  Zhu, Yijie ^a   Bhattacharya, Janok P ^b   Li, Weiguo ^b   Lapen, Thomas J ^b   Jicha, Brian R ^c   Singer, Brad S ^c  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; SEA LEVEL; SET THEORY;

CONTROLLING FACTORS; FORCED REGRESSION; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; PARASEQUENCE SETS; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STACKING PATTERNS;

STRATIGRAPHY;

AGGRADATION; BENTONITE; DELTA; FACIES; GLACIER; MILANKOVITCH CYCLE; PARASEQUENCE; PROGRADATION; SEA LEVEL; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SHALE; TURONIAN;

UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 84867480878     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2012.63     Document Type: Article

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