Confluence scours versus incised valleys: Examples from the cretaceous Ferron Notom Delta, Southeastern Utah, U.S.A.

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 445-458

  Ullah, Mohammad S ^a   Bhattacharya, Janok P ^b   Dupre, William R ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; LANDFORMS; SCOUR;

BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER; BRAIDED STREAM; CONTINENTAL SCALE; CROSS-SECTIONAL OBSERVATIONS; CROSSSECTIONAL GEOMETRY; FERRON SANDSTONE; FLUVIAL SYSTEMS; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY;

RIVERS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BRAIDED RIVER; CONFLUENCE; CRETACEOUS; EROSION; INCISED VALLEY; RIVER CHANNEL; RIVER SYSTEM; SCOUR; SEDIMENT THICKNESS;

BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER; FERRON; GANGES RIVER; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 84929260641     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2015.34     Document Type: Article

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