A steep-fronted Carboniferous carbonate platform: Clinoformal geometry and lithofacies (Picos de Europa, NW Spain)

Sedimentology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 645-664

  Bahamonde, Juan R ^a   Vera, Carmen ^a   Colmenero, Juan R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cantabrian Mountains; Carbonate platform; Carbonate slopes; Carboniferous; Clinoforms; Mud mounds

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; CARBONIFEROUS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FORELAND BASIN; LITHOFACIES; MUD MOUND;

SPAIN;

EID: 0033943122     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.2000.00320.x     Document Type: Article

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