Distinguishing depositional environments in shallow-water mixed, bio-siliciclastic deposits on the basis of the degree of heterolithic segregation (Gelasian, southern Italy)

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 969-990

  Chiarella, Domenico ^a,b   Longhitano, Sergio G ^b  

^a Weatherford Petroleum Consultants AS   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; STRATIGRAPHY; TEXTURES;

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; HYDRODYNAMIC PROCESS; MODEL RECONSTRUCTION; PHYSICAL BEHAVIORS; SEDIMENTARY DEPOSITS; SEGREGATION INDEX; VERTICAL VARIATION;

SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY);

BIOCLASTIC SEDIMENT; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHALLOW WATER; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

ITALY;

EID: 84872063188     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2012.78     Document Type: Article

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