Eustatic implications of late Miocene depositional sequences in the Melilla Basin, northeastern Morocco

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 107, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 147-165

  Cunningham, Kevin J ^a,d   Benson, Richard H ^b   Bied, Kruna Rakic El ^c   McKenna, Larry W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c Smithsonian Institution   (Morocco)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Depositional sequences; Eustacy; Late Miocene; Melilla Basin; Messinian Salinity Crisis; Morocco

Indexed keywords

EUSTASY; MESSINIAN; MIOCENE; SALINITY CRISIS; SEA LEVEL VARIATION;

MOROCCO, MELILLA BASIN;

EID: 0030961318     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(96)00037-1     Document Type: Article

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