Reconstruction of the growth of a Middle Triassic carbonate platorm in the Western Dolomites;Wachstumstanalyse einer mitteltriadischen Karbonatplattform in den westlichen Dolomiten (Sudalpen)

Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 361-378

  Maurer, Florian ^a,b  

^a Inst für Geol der Univ   (Austria)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aggradation; Carbonate platform; Carbonate production; Dolomites; Middle Triassic; Progradation

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TRIASSIC;

ITALY;

AMMONOIDEA;

EID: 0033500672     PISSN: 00129402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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