580
Narrabeen group 276
neck cutoff 8, 317,361
neotectonics 348, 349, 351
neptunism 7
nesting of cycles 39
net-to-gross ratio 469, 472, 475
New Red Sandstone 476
Newark basins/Supergroup 379,
380, 476
Nice 8
nickpoint 355, 356, 463
Niger River 364, 419
Nile River 6, 356, 357, 358, 362, 419
Ninian field 487
nonevent 58, 60
North China Basin 486
North Sea Basin 383, 384, 479, 487
North Slope 414, 479, 480, 487, 491,
492, 496, 506
North Viking Graben 480, 487, 489,
492,497
Nubian Sandstone 451
Oakville Formation 262, 369
oil and gas fields, classification
488, 489
Okanogen Valley 443
Okavango fan 245, 247, 248, 315,
427, 433
Old Channel 327
Old Red Continent 400
Old Red Sandstone 27, 36, 252, 271,
337,386
oncolite, freshwater 127, 129
onlap (sequence) 355, 473
oolite, freshwater 127, 129
open moor 181
open-work gravel 103, 105
operational unit 274
orbital forcing 444-447, 475, 477
Ordas Basin 466, 481, 482, 484, 485,
486, 491
orographic rainfall 42_3, 443
Osorno Basin 386
Oued Mya Basin 484, 487, 489, 497
outwash (fl uvioglacial) 31, 40-41,
208, 424, 431, 432
overfilled basin 403, 404
overpassing, gravel 103
oxbow 177
Pacenda Group 442
paleocurrent analysis
and architectural analysis 98
and macroform reconstruction
151
as mapping tool 293-297
methods of 78, 80-81
origins of 10
paleogeographic models 412-419
paleohydraulics 35-37
paleosols
and alluvial architecture 34, 45
and sedimentation rate 73
as clasts 432
as climatic indicators 429, 440441
as lithofacies 127
as marker beds 272, 273
as overbank elements 183-190
as sequence boundaries 463, 474
classification 186
in subsurface 286
paleostress 371
paleovalley, see incised valley
palustrine limestone 130, 442
Pangea 421, 476
Pannonian Basin 387
paraglacial climate 425, 426, 431,
432
parting lineation 120, 437
Pattani trough 487
pe·at:coal ratio 180
Peco "field 484, 496
ped 183, 438
pedofacies
and climate 440
and floodplain evolution 321
and sedimentation rate 73
model 45, 46, 184, 187
sequence 252, 254, 257
pedogenic beds and architecture, see
paleosols
pedogenic carbonate 127
penetration probability 334-337
Peot:ia field " 493
peripheral basins 396
and petroleum 479
permeability trends 491, 509
Persian Gulf 397,400,403
Petrified National Forest 465
petroleum fields
classification 488, 489
reservoir _geometry 484-485
tectonic setting 479, 486-489
petrophysical zone 278
phi scale 18
Phitsanulok Basin 487
photomosaics 75-77, 95-98
piggyback basin 351, 409
Pine Valley 375
placer deposits 6
plain 15
plane bed 38
Platte River
and climate 422, 433, 436, 437
architectural elements 148
bedforms 148, 436, 437
changes in fluvial style 193, 235,
433
early studies of 14, 50
fl uvial styles 215, 220, 233, 239,
242
Platte-type
macroform 153, 154, 233, 235
river 50, 51, 200, 234-235, 434
Subject Index
play, petroleum 479
playa 190,378,417, 426, 435
plutonism 7
Po River 6, 364, 399, 400, 403, 417,
419, 423
point bars (see also lateral accretion
element)
accretionary dip 158,201, 217,
222, 329, 331
as reservoirs 484, 492,493, 514,
515, 519
facies 155-163
history of research 26, 27, 28, 30,
36
pond deposits 177, 229
porosity and fluid flow 302-306,
492
Potwar Plateau 351, 352
poudingues 7
· Powder River Basin 491, 496
pre-Devonian rivers 35, 150, 193,
194, 450,451
preservation potential 41-42
pressure tests 302, 303, 492
pressure-depth plot 303, 304
primary current lineation 19
production model 303, 492, 493,
509, 513
proflle, outcrop 95-98
prospecting, subsurface 331
Prudhoe Bay oil field 479, 484, 485,
487, 491, 492, 496, 506-509
pseudoplastic flow 105, 106, 108
pull-apart basin 393
pulse test 304
punctuated aggradational cycle 68
Putumayo Basin 387, 486
PV-type field 292, 488, 490-491,
495-506
Qaidam Basin 402, 486
radar facies 292-293
rafting, clast 105
Ramu Basin 387
Rangitata River 210, 213
Ravenscar Group 334
ravinement surface 68
reaction group 40
reactivation surface
in bedforms 42, 43, 69, 116
in macroforms 63, 64, 66, 70, 83,
162
Recluse field 491, 496
RecOncavo Basin 482, 487, 489, 497
recovery, oil 304
recurrence interval 60, 71-74
red beds 421, 439, 442
Red Earth field 486, 492
Red Fork Sandstone 496, 504, 505
Red Wash field 484, 496, 519-521
redox conditions 423, 439, 440
reed moor 181
Narrabeen group 276
neck cutoff 8, 317,361
neotectonics 348, 349, 351
neptunism 7
nesting of cycles 39
net-to-gross ratio 469, 472, 475
New Red Sandstone 476
Newark basins/Supergroup 379,
380, 476
Nice 8
nickpoint 355, 356, 463
Niger River 364, 419
Nile River 6, 356, 357, 358, 362, 419
Ninian field 487
nonevent 58, 60
North China Basin 486
North Sea Basin 383, 384, 479, 487
North Slope 414, 479, 480, 487, 491,
492, 496, 506
North Viking Graben 480, 487, 489,
492,497
Nubian Sandstone 451
Oakville Formation 262, 369
oil and gas fields, classification
488, 489
Okanogen Valley 443
Okavango fan 245, 247, 248, 315,
427, 433
Old Channel 327
Old Red Continent 400
Old Red Sandstone 27, 36, 252, 271,
337,386
oncolite, freshwater 127, 129
onlap (sequence) 355, 473
oolite, freshwater 127, 129
open moor 181
open-work gravel 103, 105
operational unit 274
orbital forcing 444-447, 475, 477
Ordas Basin 466, 481, 482, 484, 485,
486, 491
orographic rainfall 42_3, 443
Osorno Basin 386
Oued Mya Basin 484, 487, 489, 497
outwash (fl uvioglacial) 31, 40-41,
208, 424, 431, 432
overfilled basin 403, 404
overpassing, gravel 103
oxbow 177
Pacenda Group 442
paleocurrent analysis
and architectural analysis 98
and macroform reconstruction
151
as mapping tool 293-297
methods of 78, 80-81
origins of 10
paleogeographic models 412-419
paleohydraulics 35-37
paleosols
and alluvial architecture 34, 45
and sedimentation rate 73
as clasts 432
as climatic indicators 429, 440441
as lithofacies 127
as marker beds 272, 273
as overbank elements 183-190
as sequence boundaries 463, 474
classification 186
in subsurface 286
paleostress 371
paleovalley, see incised valley
palustrine limestone 130, 442
Pangea 421, 476
Pannonian Basin 387
paraglacial climate 425, 426, 431,
432
parting lineation 120, 437
Pattani trough 487
pe·at:coal ratio 180
Peco "field 484, 496
ped 183, 438
pedofacies
and climate 440
and floodplain evolution 321
and sedimentation rate 73
model 45, 46, 184, 187
sequence 252, 254, 257
pedogenic beds and architecture, see
paleosols
pedogenic carbonate 127
penetration probability 334-337
Peot:ia field " 493
peripheral basins 396
and petroleum 479
permeability trends 491, 509
Persian Gulf 397,400,403
Petrified National Forest 465
petroleum fields
classification 488, 489
reservoir _geometry 484-485
tectonic setting 479, 486-489
petrophysical zone 278
phi scale 18
Phitsanulok Basin 487
photomosaics 75-77, 95-98
piggyback basin 351, 409
Pine Valley 375
placer deposits 6
plain 15
plane bed 38
Platte River
and climate 422, 433, 436, 437
architectural elements 148
bedforms 148, 436, 437
changes in fluvial style 193, 235,
433
early studies of 14, 50
fl uvial styles 215, 220, 233, 239,
242
Platte-type
macroform 153, 154, 233, 235
river 50, 51, 200, 234-235, 434
Subject Index
play, petroleum 479
playa 190,378,417, 426, 435
plutonism 7
Po River 6, 364, 399, 400, 403, 417,
419, 423
point bars (see also lateral accretion
element)
accretionary dip 158,201, 217,
222, 329, 331
as reservoirs 484, 492,493, 514,
515, 519
facies 155-163
history of research 26, 27, 28, 30,
36
pond deposits 177, 229
porosity and fluid flow 302-306,
492
Potwar Plateau 351, 352
poudingues 7
· Powder River Basin 491, 496
pre-Devonian rivers 35, 150, 193,
194, 450,451
preservation potential 41-42
pressure tests 302, 303, 492
pressure-depth plot 303, 304
primary current lineation 19
production model 303, 492, 493,
509, 513
proflle, outcrop 95-98
prospecting, subsurface 331
Prudhoe Bay oil field 479, 484, 485,
487, 491, 492, 496, 506-509
pseudoplastic flow 105, 106, 108
pull-apart basin 393
pulse test 304
punctuated aggradational cycle 68
Putumayo Basin 387, 486
PV-type field 292, 488, 490-491,
495-506
Qaidam Basin 402, 486
radar facies 292-293
rafting, clast 105
Ramu Basin 387
Rangitata River 210, 213
Ravenscar Group 334
ravinement surface 68
reaction group 40
reactivation surface
in bedforms 42, 43, 69, 116
in macroforms 63, 64, 66, 70, 83,
162
Recluse field 491, 496
RecOncavo Basin 482, 487, 489, 497
recovery, oil 304
recurrence interval 60, 71-74
red beds 421, 439, 442
Red Earth field 486, 492
Red Fork Sandstone 496, 504, 505
Red Wash field 484, 496, 519-521
redox conditions 423, 439, 440
reed moor 181