Isolated carbonate platform of Caniego, Spain: A test of the latest Albian worldwide sea-level changes

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 176-194

  Fernandez Mendiola P A ^a   Garcia Mondejar J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; CALCITE; CARBONATION; CEMENTS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LIME; LIMESTONE; SEA LEVEL;

CARBONATE PLATFORMS; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; KARST DEVELOPMENT; MARINE TRANSGRESSION; PRIMARY CONTROL; RELATIVE SEA-LEVEL CHANGES; SILICICLASTIC SEDIMENTS; TECTONIC MOVEMENTS; SEALEVEL CHANGE; SHALLOW MARINE; SYNSEDIMENTARY; TROPICAL WATERS;

SEA LEVEL; LIMESTONE;

ALBIAN; BELEMNITE; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CENOMANIAN; DIAPIR; DISSOLUTION; LIMESTONE; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; CRETACEOUS;

SPAIN; BASQUE REGION; CANTABRIA;

EID: 0030872789     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<0176:ICPOCS>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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