Sea-level highstand and lowstand shedding related to shelf margin aggradation and emersion, Upper Eocene-Oligocene of Maiella carbonate platform, Italy

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 112, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 219-234

  Vecsei, Adam ^a   Sanders, Diethard G K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Maiella carbonate platform; Sea level stands; Shedding onto slope; Shelf aggradation and erosion

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; EOCENE; OLIGOCENE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ITALY, ABRUZZI, MAIELLA CARBONATE PLATFORM;

EID: 0031450940     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(97)00044-4     Document Type: Article

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