Three-dimensional to two-dimensional cross-strata transition in the lower Pleistocene Catanzaro tidal strait transgressive succession (southern Italy)

Sedimentology

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2136-2171

  Longhitano, Sergio G ^a   Chiarella, Domenico ^a,b   Muto, Francesco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b Weatherford Petroleum Consultants AS   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

2D and 3D tidal cross strata; Catanzaro Strait; Critical cross section; Microtidal; Tidal amplification; Transgression

Indexed keywords

RESERVOIRS (WATER); SANDSTONE; SEA LEVEL; SHEAR STRESS; STRATIGRAPHY;

2D AND 3D TIDAL CROSS-STRATA; CATANZARO STRAIT; CRITICAL CROSS-SECTION; MICROTIDAL; TRANSGRESSION;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

EID: 84919335862     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sed.12138     Document Type: Article

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