Autochthonous outer ramp sedimentation: The Alamogordo Member of the Lake Valley Formation, New Mexico

Facies

Volumn , Issue 35, 1996, Pages 9-28

  Jeffery, David L ^a   Stanton Jr , Robert J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autochthonous; Carbonates; Microfacies; Mississippian (Waulsortian); New Mexico; Ramp; Sediment production; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE RAMP; CARBONIFEROUS; SEDIMENTATION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; WAULSORTIAN MOUND;

USA, NEW MEXICO;

EID: 0030437473     PISSN: 01729179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02536955     Document Type: Article

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