Stratigraphic numerical modelling of a carbonate platform on the romanche transverse ridge, equatorial atlantic

Marine Geology

Volumn 136, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 245-257

  Gasperini, L ^a   Bonatti, E ^a,b   Ligi, M ^a   Sartori, R ^c   Borsetti, A ^a   Negri, A ^c   Ferrari, A ^c   Sokolov, S ^d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

numerical modelling; Romanche F.Z.; shallow water carbonates; subsidence history; transverse ridges

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CARBONATE PLATFORMS; MIOCENE; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PALAEOENVIRONMENTS; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SUBSIDENCE;

ATLANTIC, ROMANCHE FRACTURE ZONE;

EID: 0030621402     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(96)00068-0     Document Type: Article

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