Lateral continuity of facies and parasequences in Middle Cambrian platform carbonates, Carrara Formation, Southeastern California, U.S.A.

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1079-1090

  Adams, Roy D ^a,b   Grotzinger, John P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; CARBONATE PLATFORM; PERITIDAL DEPOSIT; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

LIME; LIMESTONE; STRATIGRAPHY;

BOUNDING SURFACES; CALIFORNIA; CAMBRIANS; GREENHOUSE CONDITIONS; HETEROGENEOUS SEDIMENTS; MOSAIC PATTERNS; PARASEQUENCE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

CARBONATES;

EID: 0030433488     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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