Parasequence types in shelfal mudstone strata-Quantitative observations of lithofacies and stacking patterns, and conceptual link to modern depositional regimes

Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 131-134

  Bohacs, Kevin M ^a   Lazar, O Remus ^a   Demko, Timothy M ^a  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CHARACTERISTIC MODES; CHEMICAL ATTRIBUTES; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DEPOSITIONAL PROCESS; OCEANOGRAPHIC STUDY; ROCK PROPERTIES; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; STACKING PATTERNS;

DEPOSITION;

DEPOSITION; FACIES; LITHOFACIES; MUDSTONE; PARASEQUENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHELF SEDIMENT;

EID: 84988734934     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G35089.1     Document Type: Article

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