Fluvial to tidal transition zone facies in the McMurray Formation (Christina River, Alberta, Canada), with emphasis on the reflection of flow intensity in bottomset architecture

Developments in Sedimentology

Volumn 68, Issue , 2015, Pages 445-480

  Martinius, A W ^a   Jablonski, B V J ^a   Fustic, M ^a   Strobl, R ^a,c   Van den Berg, J H ^b  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CNOOC LTD   (China)

Author keywords

Backflow ripples; Bottomset; Cyclicity; Flow retardation; Fluvial to tidal transition zone; McMurray Formation; Reactivation surfaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978239462     PISSN: 00704571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-63529-7.00019-5     Document Type: Chapter

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