Late Pleistocene stratigraphy of a carbonate platform margin, Exumas, Bahamas

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 103, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 129-143

  Aalto, K R ^a   Dill, Robert F ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEOLIANITE; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CARBONATE PLATFORMS; ISLANDS; OOID; PLEISTOCENE; PLEISTOCENE STRATIGRAPHY; REEF; STRATIGRAPHY;

BAHAMAS, EXUMA CAYS; BAHAMAS, EXUMAS;

EID: 0029752802     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0037-0738(95)00083-6     Document Type: Article

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