Controls on facies and sequence stratigraphy of an upper Miocene carbonate ramp and platform, Melilla basin, NE Morocco

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 146, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 285-304

  Cunningham, Kevin J ^a,c   Collins, Laurel S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonate ramp; Melilla; Miocene; Morocco; Sequence stratigraphy; Temperate type limestone

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; CARBONATE RAMP; LIMESTONE; MIOCENE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

MELILLA; MOROCCO;

EID: 0036142403     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(01)00131-2     Document Type: Article

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