Syndepositional deformation of the Permian Capitan reef carbonate platform, Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico, USA

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 154, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 89-126

  Hunt, David W ^a   Fitchen, William M ^b   Kosa, Eduard ^a  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Capitan reef; Geopetals; Palaeobathymetry; Sea level changes; Syndepositional faulting; Yates formation

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CARBONATE PLATFORM; DIAGENESIS; FAULTING; FOLDING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SYNTECTONIC SEDIMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037211823     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(02)00104-5     Document Type: Article

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