Recognition criteria, characteristics and implications of the fluvial to marine transition zone in ancient deltaic deposits (Lajas Formation, Argentina)

Sedimentology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1971-2001

  Gugliotta, Marcello ^a   Flint, Stephen S ^a   Hodgson, David M ^b   Veiga, Gonzalo D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Backwater; fluvial dominated; Jurassic; microtidal; Neuqu n Basin; tide influenced

Indexed keywords

WATER;

BACKWATER; FLUVIAL-DOMINATED; JURASSIC; MICROTIDAL; TIDE-INFLUENCED;

DEPOSITS;

BACKWATER; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; ESTUARINE FRONT; FACIES; JURASSIC; OCEAN TIDE; TRANSITION ZONE;

ARGENTINA; NEUQUEN BASIN;

EID: 85028261258     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sed.12291     Document Type: Article

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