Carbonate-filled channel complexes on carbonate ramps: An example from the Peerless Park Member [Keokuk Limestone, Visean, Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian)], St. Louis, MO, USA

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 155, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 45-61

  Rankey, Eugene ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonate ramps; Carboniferous; Mississippian; Peerless Park Member; Valley complex

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE RAMP; CARBONIFEROUS; CHANNEL; FACIES ANALYSIS; LITHOLOGY; MISSISSIPPIAN; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; VALLEY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037427876     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(02)00158-6     Document Type: Article

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