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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Deltaic processes"”.
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Architectural Models for Lower Pennsylvanian Strata in Dickenson/Wise County, Southwest Virginia: A Reservior Case Study
… of the eastern facies belt are fluvio-deltaic in origin, with sediment derived from the erosion of low-grade metamorphic and Grenvillian-Avalonian terranes of the Alleghanian orogen to the southeast. Elongate NNE trending quartzarenite belts in the northwestern region of the basin are …
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Sequence Stratigraphic Architecture of Early Pennsylvanian, Coal-bearing Strata of the Cumberland Block: A Case Study from Dickenson County, Virginia
… deposits, and upward-coarsening highstand deltaic deposits that are separated by condensed sections. 4th-order sequences are stacked into 3rd-order composite sequences. Sequence stratigraphic architecture in the central Appalachian basin can therefore be attributed to 4th-order Milankovitch …
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Subaqueous, hurricane-initiated shelf failure morphodynamics along the Mississippi River Delta Front, north-central Gulf of Mexico
<p>Seafloor instability along the Mississippi River Delta Front (MRDF) gained renewed attention with the landfall of Hurricanes Ivan (2004) and Katrina (2005). Traditional root causes for MRDF shelf failure were exacerbated by sea-state conditions associated with these severe tropical cyclones and …