Stratigraphy and paleoenvironments of rudist biostromes in the Upper Cretaceous (Yuronian-upper Santonian) limestones of southern Istria, Croatia

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 131, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 113-131

  Moro, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Adriatic region; Limestone; Rudists; Sequence stratigraphy; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; LIMESTONE; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; RUDIST; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

CROATIA, ISTRIA;

EID: 0030617698     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(96)00144-7     Document Type: Article

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