Reef margin collapse, gully formation and filling within the Permian Capitan Reef: Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico, USA

Sedimentology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 443-461

  Harwood, Gill M ^a   Kendall, Alan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cave development; Geopetal structures; Reef cavities; Reef morphology; Resedimentation

Indexed keywords

COLLAPSE STRUCTURE; GULLY; INSTABILITY; REEF; SEDIMENTATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032846336     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1999.00222.x     Document Type: Article

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