New allocyclic dimensions in a prograding carbonate bank: Evidence for eustatic, tectonic, and paleoceanographic control (late neocene, bahamas)

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 269-282

  Lidz, Barbara H ^a   McNeill, Donald F ^a  

^a Center for Coastal Geology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; SEA LEVEL;

CARBONATE BANKS; COMPOSITE SIGNATURES; DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEM; FOSSIL RECORDS; NEOGENE TECTONIC; NEW DIMENSIONS; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; SEISMIC RESOLUTION;

TECTONICS;

EID: 0031819632     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/D426878E-2B26-11D7-8648000102C1865D     Document Type: Article

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