Stratigraphic record of river-dominated crevasse subdeltas with tidal influence (Lajas Formation, Argentina)

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 265-284

  Gugliotta, Marcello ^a   Flint, Stephen S ^a   Hodgson, David M ^b   Veiga, Gonzalo D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COARSENING; DEPOSITS; FLOODS; OSTWALD RIPENING; STRATIGRAPHY;

DEPOSITIONAL MODELS; DISTRIBUTARY CHANNELS; PALEOGEOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION; RIVER DISCHARGE; STRATIGRAPHIC ARCHITECTURE; STRATIGRAPHIC RECORDS; STRATIGRAPHIC SURFACES; TIDE-INFLUENCED;

RIVERS;

CREVASSE; DELTA; DEPOSITION; FACIES ANALYSIS; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; JURASSIC; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ARGENTINA; NEUQUEN BASIN;

EID: 84925445247     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2015.19     Document Type: Article

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