Interpreting avulsion process from ancient alluvial sequences: Guadalope-Matarranya system (Northern Spain) and Wasatch formation (Western Colorado)

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 112, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1787-1803

  Mohrig, D ^a   Heller, P L ^a   Paola, C ^a   Lyons, W J ^a  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alluvial deposits; Avulsion; Fluvial sediments; Rivers; Sedimentary deposits; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHY;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS; AVULSION; BASE LEVEL CHANGE; CHANNEL AVULSIONS; FLUVIAL SEDIMENT; LATERAL INSTABILITY; SEDIMENTARY DEPOSITS; STREAM INTEGRATION;

RIVERS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; AVULSION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; RIVER; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 84879885371     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2000)112<1787:IAPFAA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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