Fossil shore platforms and drowned gravel beaches: evidence for high-frequency sea-level fluctuations in the distal Alpine foreland basin

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 394-413

  Gupta, Sanjeev ^a,b   Allen, Philip A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACH; CARBONATE RAMP; EOCENE; FORELAND BASIN; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

EID: 0033018660     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/D42689FA-2B26-11D7-8648000102C1865D     Document Type: Article

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