Bahamian carbonate platform development in response to sea-level changes and the closure of the Isthmus of Panama

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 482-489

  Reijmer, John J ^a,b,c,d,e   Betzler, Christian ^a,b,c,d,e   Kroon, Dick ^a,b,c,d,e   Tiedemann, Ralf ^a,b,c,d,e   Eberli, Gregor P ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bahamas; Carbonate platform evolution; Miocene Holocene; Paleo oceanography; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; CENOZOIC; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; GREAT BAHAMA BANK;

EID: 0036078204     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-001-0235-x     Document Type: Article

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