Paleohydrology of the Upper Miocene Bicorb Lake (eastern Spain) as inferred from stable isotopic data from inorganic carbonates

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 121, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 191-206

  Utrilla, R ^a   Vazquez A ^a   Anadon P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbonates; Closed system; Hydrology; Lacustrine environment; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MIOCENE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

SPAIN;

EID: 0032216197     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(98)00086-4     Document Type: Article

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