Contrasting flooding histories of Mississippian carbonate platforms revealed by marine alteration effects in palaeosols

Sedimentology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 825-842

  Wright, V Paul ^a,d   Vanstone, Simon D ^a,b   Marshall, James D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b Texaco Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERATION; CARBONATE PLATFORM; EXPOSURE SURFACE; FLOODING; MISSISSIPPIAN; PALAEOSOL; PALEOSOL;

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EID: 0031436723     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1997.d01-51.x     Document Type: Article

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