Genesis of limestone megabreccias and their significance in carbonate sequence stratigraphic models: A review

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 112, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 163-193

  Spence, Guy H ^a   Tucker, Maurice E ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Limestones; Megabreccias; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

LIMESTONE; MEGABRECCIA; OVERPRESSURE; SLOPE OVERSTEEPENING;

EID: 0031436175     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(97)00036-5     Document Type: Article

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