Stratigraphic architecture of a tide-influenced shelf-edge delta, Upper Cretaceous Dorotea Formation, Magallanes-Austral Basin, Patagonia

Sedimentology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1039-1077

  Schwartz, Theresa M ^a   Graham, Stephan A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foreland embayment; Shelf edge delta; Tidal amplification; Tide influenced delta; Turbidity current initiation

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STRATIGRAPHY; TIDES;

FOLD-THRUST BELTS; FORELAND EMBAYMENT; INCLINED HETEROLITHIC STRATIFICATIONS; SHELF EDGES; STRATIGRAPHIC ARCHITECTURE; TIDE-INFLUENCED; TURBIDITY CURRENT; UPPER CRETACEOUS;

NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

CRETACEOUS; DELTA; DEPOSITION; FORELAND BASIN; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SHELF BREAK; STRATIGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHY; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

ARGENTINA; AUSTRAL BASIN; CHILE; PATAGONIA;

ESPERANZA; SKOLITHOS;

EID: 84929501528     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sed.12176     Document Type: Article

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