Depositional controls on tidally influenced fluvial successions, Neslen Formation, Utah, USA

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 311, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-16

  Shiers, M N ^a   Mountney, N P ^a   Hodgson, D M ^a   Cobain, S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allogenic; Autogenic; Distributive fluvial system; Inclined heterolithic stratification; Mesaverde

Indexed keywords

METALS; SANDSTONE; STRATIGRAPHY;

ALLOGENIC; AUTOGENIC; FLUVIAL SYSTEMS; INCLINED HETEROLITHIC STRATIFICATIONS; MESAVERDE;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CAMPANIAN; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SANDSTONE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMERGENCE;

UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 84904576455     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2014.06.005     Document Type: Article

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