Rudist formations in mixed siliciclastic-carbonate depositional environments, Upper Cretaceous, Austria: Stratigraphy, sedimentology, and models of development

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 249-284

  Sanders, Diethard ^a   Pons, Josep Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alps; Cretaceous; Depositional models; Rudists; Siliciclastic carbonate sequence; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CORAL; CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 0032929723     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00186-2     Document Type: Article

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