Facies successions in peritidal carbonate sequences

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1065-1078

  Wilkinson, Bruce H ^a   Diedrich, Nathaniel W ^a   Drummond, Carl N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; FACIES SUCCESSION; PERITIDAL DEPOSIT;

CARBONATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; LIME; STRATIGRAPHY;

CHAOTIC SEQUENCE; CLIMATE FORCINGS; EXPOSURE CONDITIONS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; LITHOFACIES; ORDER OF COMPONENTS; PROTEROZOIC; SEALEVEL CHANGE;

TOPPING CYCLE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030440557     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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