Cyclic carbonate sedimentation in the upper triassic dachstein limestone, Austria: The role of patterns of sediment supply and tectonics in a platform-reef-basin system

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 307-323

  Satterley, Arthur K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATION; DEPOSITION; LIME; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS; TIDES; WETLANDS;

CARBONATE PLATFORMS; DACHSTEIN LIMESTONE; DIFFERENTIAL SUBSIDENCE; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; NORTHERN CALCAREOUS ALPS; PRESERVATION POTENTIAL; SEA-LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS; THICKNESS VARIATION;

REEFS;

CARBONATE PLATFORM; CYCLIC SEDIMENTATION; SEA LEVEL VARIATION; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; TECTONICS; TRIASSIC;

AUSTRIA, ALPS;

EID: 0029729706     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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