Paleochannel hydraulics, geometries, and associated alluvial architecture of early cretaceous rivers, sevier foreland basin, wyoming, USA

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 45, Issue , 2013, Pages 321-341

  Zaleha, Michael J ^a  

^a WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bechler; Channel deposit proportion; Cloverly; Fluvial; Gannett group; Lakota

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CHANNEL FLOW; CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; CONGLOMERATE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FORELAND BASIN; GEOMETRY; MEANDER; MUDSTONE; OROGENY; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PALEOCHANNEL; RIVER DISCHARGE; SANDSTONE;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 84886641778     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2013.06.003     Document Type: Article

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