Carbonate platform-to-basin correlation by means of grain-composition logs: An example from the Vercors (Cretaceous, SE France)

Sedimentology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 261-278

  Everts, Arnout J W ^a,b   Schlager, Wolfgang ^a   Reijmer, John J G ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbonate platform; Correlation; Grain composition; Sea level

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRETACEOUS; SEA LEVEL;

FRANCE;

EID: 0032996376     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1999.00209.x     Document Type: Article

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