Tectonic Controls on Coarse-Grained Delta Depositional Systems in Rift Basins

Coarse-Grained Deltas

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 113-127

  Gawthorpe, R L ^a   Colella, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basin fill architecture; Consequent drainage basins; Footwall derived coarse grained deltas; Gulf of Suez; Rift basins; Tectonic controls on coarse grained delta

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; DEFORMATION; DEPOSITION; FANS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

COARSE-GRAINED; COSEISMIC DEFORMATION; DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEM; GULF OF SUEZ; RIFT BASIN; STRIKE-SLIP COMPONENT; STRUCTURAL GEOMETRY; WEDGE-SHAPED BODIES;

CATCHMENTS;

EID: 84904545582     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444303858.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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