Sedimentology and geomorphology of the modern epsilon cross-stratified point bar deposits in the Athabasca upper delta plain

• Main Author: Calverley, Anne
• Other Authors: Smith, Derald G.
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Calgary 1984
• Subjects: QE 699 C34 1986; Geology; Stratigraphic - Recent; Geology - Alberta - Athabasca River; Deltas - Alberta - Athabasca River; Sedimentation and deposition - Alberta - Athabasca River; Athabasca River; Channel Point
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1880/22954; https://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/23984

Bibliography: p. 103-116. Epsilon cross-stratification (ECS) has been observed in many ancient channel point bar deposits. Investigation of ECS in modern tidal and estuarine systems has been limited in scale and/or detail of investigation. ECS has been documented to exist in only one fluvial system....