Deciphering the relative importance of fluvial and tidal processes in the fluvial-marine transition

Developments in Sedimentology

Volumn 68, Issue , 2015, Pages 3-45

  Dalrymple, R W ^a   Kurcinka, C E ^a   Jablonski, B V J ^b   Ichaso, A A ^c   Mackay, D A ^d  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c Shell E andP ^*  (United States)

^d Serinus Energy   (Canada)

Author keywords

Delta mouth bar; Fluvial sedimentation; Fluvial tidal transition; Inclined heterolithic stratification (IHS); Physical sedimentary structures; River flood interflood cycle; Tidal rhythmites; Tidal sedimentation; Tidal fluvial channel

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978264451     PISSN: 00704571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-63529-7.00002-X     Document Type: Chapter

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