Sedimentology and stratigraphic architecture of syn-rift alluvial fan conglomerates in Nam-phrae, Chiang Mai basin

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Chiang Mai Basin Alluvial lithofacies stratigraphy lithofacies correlation

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Ngonyo Gandi

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This study focuses on an exposed outcrop of an alluvial fan. It is comprised of footwall conglomerates in Nam Phrae syn-rift within the larger intracratonic Chiang Mai basin. Its lithofacies architecture and stratigraphy is a product of the interactions of deBris flow, over bank deposits, sheetflood flows and braided channel depositional mechanism in conjunction with allocyclic and autocyclic controls changing with time. By using a lithofacies correlation model, the complex stratigraphy is revealed to show its three dimensional geometry and its relation to the overall basin in terms of its hydrocarbon reservoir potential.

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Gandi, N. (2021). Sedimentology and stratigraphic architecture of syn-rift alluvial fan conglomerates in Nam-phrae, Chiang Mai basin. Bulletin of Earth Sciences of Thailand, 7(1&2), 36–46. Retrieved from https://ph01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/bestjournal/article/view/246632
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Vol. 7 No. 1&2 (2014): Earth Sciences & Petroleum Geoscience (January 2014 - December 2015)
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