Bedload transport of mud across a wide, storm-influenced ramp: Cenomanian-turonian Kaskapau Formation, Western Canada foreland basin

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 801-822

  Plint, A Guy ^a   MacQuaker, Joe H S ^b,c   Varban, Bogdan L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SCOUR; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTS; SILT; STORMS; WATER WAVES;

ADVECTIVE TRANSPORT; BED-LOAD TRANSPORT; CALCAREOUS MUDSTONE; CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN; COMPOSITIONAL CHANGES; ORGANIC-RICH MUDSTONE; PARALLEL LAMINATION; TRANSGRESSIVE SYSTEMS TRACTS;

CLAY MINERALS;

AGGREGATE; BEDLOAD; CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN BOUNDARY; CLAY MINERAL; FOREARC BASIN; FORELAND BASIN; MUDSTONE; PHYTODETRITUS; REWORKING; SEA LEVEL; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

CANADA; WESTERN INTERIOR;

EID: 84871983257     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2012.64     Document Type: Article

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