Tectonic, eustatic and environmental controls on mid-Cretaceous carbonate platform deposition, south-central Pyrenees, Spain

Sedimentology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 471-495

  Drzewiecki, Peter A ^a,b   Simo, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonate platforms; Depositional controls; Mid Cretaceous; Sequence stratigraphy; Spain

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EUSTACY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC SETTING;

SPAIN;

EID: 0033913436     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.2000.00286.x     Document Type: Article

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