Marine to non-marine sedimentation in the upper Miocene evaporites of the Eastern Betics, SE Spain: Sedimentological and geochemical evidence

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 133, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 135-166

  Playa E ^a   Orti F ^a   Rosell, L ^a  

^a Departament de Geoquimica   (Spain)

Author keywords

Eastern Betics; Evaporite; Geochemistry; Isotopy; Messinian salinity crisis

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EVAPORATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MESSINIAN; MIOCENE; SALINITY; SEDIMENTATION;

SPAIN;

EID: 0033936917     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(00)00033-6     Document Type: Article

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