The Middle-Late Jurassic forced regression and disconformity in central Portugal: Eustatic, tectonic and climatic effects on a carbonate ramp system

Sedimentology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1339-1370

  Azerêdo, Ana C ^a   Wright, V Paul ^b   Ramalho, Miguel M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Instituto Geologico e Mineiro   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Carbonate ramp; Climate change; Disconformity; Forced regression; Middle Upper Jurassic facies associations; Portugal

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE RAMP; DISCONTINUITY; EUSTACY; FACIES ANALYSIS; JURASSIC; PALEOCLIMATE; REGRESSION; TECTONIC SETTING;

(CENTRAL); PORTUGAL;

EID: 0036921705     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.2002.00501.x     Document Type: Article

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