Decoupling seasonal fluctuations in fluvial discharge from the tidal signature in ancient deltaic deposits: An example from the Neuquén Basin, Argentina

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 94-107

  Gugliotta, Marcello ^a   Kurcinka, Colleen E ^b   Dalrymple, Robert W ^b   Flint, Stephen S ^a   Hodgson, David M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; RIVERS; STRATIGRAPHY;

CURRENT VELOCITY; DELTAIC DEPOSITS; FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS; MARINE DEPOSITS; SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENTARY FACIES; TRANSGRESSIVE DEPOSITS;

DEPOSITS;

DELTAIC DEPOSIT; DISCHARGE; FACIES ANALYSIS; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; JURASSIC; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

ARGENTINA; NEUQUEN BASIN;

EID: 84999001253     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs2015-030     Document Type: Article

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