THE LOWER EOCENE RODA SANDSTONE (SOUTH-CENTRAL PYRENEES):AN EXAMPLE OF A FLOOD-DOMINATED RIVER-DELTA SYSTEMIN A TECTONICALLY CONTROLLED BASIN

The lower Eocene Roda Sandstone (Figols Group, south-central Pyrenees) mainly consists of mouth bars and delta-front sandstone lobes deposited in a flood-dominated river-delta system. The deposition of these bodies was strongly controlled by an interaction between flood-dominated gravity flows enter...

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Main Author: ROBERTO TINTERRI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Milano University Press 2007-07-01
Series:Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia
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Online Access:https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/5872