Quantitative controls on location and architecture of carbonate depositional sequences: upper miocene, cabo de gata region, se Spain

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 283-298

  Franseen, Evan K ^a   Goldstein, Robert H ^a   Farr, Mark R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; CARBONATION; DEPOSITS; LOCATION; REEFS; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSTRATES;

DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCES; DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES; INTERNAL ARCHITECTURE; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; REGRESSIVE SYSTEMS TRACTS; RELATIVE SEA-LEVEL CHANGES; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SHALLOW WATER SEDIMENTS;

SEA LEVEL;

EID: 0031849369     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/D4268793-2B26-11D7-8648000102C1865D     Document Type: Article

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