Tubular tidalites: A biogenic sedimentary structure indicative of tidally influenced sedimentation

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 845-854

  Gingras, Murray K ^a   Zonneveld, John Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; DATA VISUALIZATION; DEPOSITS; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; SEDIMENTATION;

ALTERNATING LAYERS; EXPONENTIAL SMOOTHING; INTERTIDAL FLAT; NATURAL SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT AVAILABILITY; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEDIMENTATION RATES; THICKNESS DISTRIBUTIONS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; CENOZOIC; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LAMINATION; MESOZOIC; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

ARENICOLITES; PALAEOPHYCUS; PSILONICHNUS; THALASSINOIDES;

EID: 84938942556     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2015.54     Document Type: Article

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