Evaluating along-strike variation using thin-bedded facies analysis, upper cretaceous ferron notom delta, Utah

Sedimentology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2060-2089

  Li, Zhiyang ^a   Bhattacharya, Janok ^b   Schieber, Juergen ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Along strike variation; Ferron Notom Delta; Hyperpycnal flows; Prodelta; Storms; Thin beds

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; GRADING; LITHOLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STORMS; TURBIDITY;

ALONG-STRIKE VARIATION; FERRON NOTOM DELTA; HYPERPYCNAL FLOWS; PRODELTA; THIN BED;

DEPOSITION;

EID: 85030471229     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sed.12219     Document Type: Article

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