Quantitative analysis of the dimensions and distribution of channelized fluvial sandbodies within a large outcrop dataset: Upper Cretaceous Blackhawk Formation, Wasatch Plateau, central Utah, U.S.A

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 315-336

  Flood, Yvette S ^a   Hampson, Gary J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; MILITARY HELICOPTERS; SEA LEVEL; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONICS;

ALLUVIAL ARCHITECTURE; ARCHITECTURAL PANELS; COMPENSATIONAL STACKING; DISTRIBUTARY CHANNELS; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; SEA-LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS; STATISTICAL MEASURES; STRATIGRAPHIC ARCHITECTURE;

LARGE DATASET;

COASTAL PLAIN; CRETACEOUS; DATA SET; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; OUTCROP; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRATIGRAPHY;

UNITED STATES; UTAH; WASATCH PLATEAU;

EID: 84929256888     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2015.25     Document Type: Article

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