Paleohydrology and 3D facies architecture of ancient point bars, Ferron Sandstone, Notom Delta, south-central Utah, U.S.A

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 399-418

  Wu, Chenliang ^a   Bhattacharya, Janok P ^b   Ullah, Mohammad S ^c  

^a C and C Reservoirs Inc   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPANSION; LANDFORMS; RIVERS; SANDSTONE;

ARCHITECTURAL UNITS; EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS; EMPIRICAL ESTIMATE; FACIES ARCHITECTURE; GRAIN SIZE MEASUREMENT; MIGRATION PATTERNS; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; SYSTEMATIC VARIATION;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CLIFF; CRETACEOUS; FACIES ANALYSIS; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GRAIN SIZE; OUTCROP; PALEOCURRENT; PALEOHYDROLOGY; SANDSTONE;

FERRON; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 84929260308     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2015.29     Document Type: Article

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