Carbonate platform drowning in a foreland setting: The mid-Carboniferous platform in Western Urals (Russia)

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1175-1188

  Proust, J N ^a   Chuvashov, B I ^b   Vennin, E ^c   Boisseau, T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^c Museum d'Histoire Naturalle   (France)

^d CSTJF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; CARBONATE RAMP; CARBONIFEROUS; EUSTACY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STRATIGRAPHY;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0032458521     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/D4268928-2B26-11D7-8648000102C1865D     Document Type: Article

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