Stratigraphic complexity in fluvial fans: Lower Eocene Green River Formation, Uinta Basin, USA

Abstract

Fluvial fans are extensive fan‐shaped fluvial accumulations built by river avulsions (Chakraborty, Kar, Ghosh, & Basu, 2010; Latrubesse et al., 2012; Leier, DeCelles, & Pelletier, 2005; Shukla, Singh, Sharma, & Sharma, 2001; Sinha, Latrubesse, & Nanson, 2012; Ventra & Clarke, 2018; Weissmann et al., 2015). Fluvial fans are common on the Earth surface and have a global distribution (Hartley, Weissmann, Nichols, & Warwick, 2010; Ventra & Clarke, Received: 11 May 2018 | Revised: 31 January 2019 | Accepted: 12 February 2019 DOI: 10.1111/bre.12350