Depositional processes, triggering mechanisms and sediment composition of carbonate gravity flow deposits: Examples from the late cretaceous of the South-Central Pyrenees, Spain

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 155-189

  Drzewiecki, Peter A ^a,b   Simó, J Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonate platform; Depositional controls; Slope; Spain; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; CRETACEOUS; GRAVITY FLOW; SYNTECTONIC SEDIMENT;

SPAIN;

EID: 0036142775     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(01)00171-3     Document Type: Article

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