Reworked calcretes: Their significance in the reconstruction of alluvial sequences (Permian and Triassic, Minorca, Balearic Islands, Spain)

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 158, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 299-319

  Gomez Gras D ^a   Alonso Zarza, A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Balearic Islands; Calcretes; Floodplain; Fluvial systems; Permian; Reworked calcrete deposits; Triassic

Indexed keywords

CALCRETE; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; PERMIAN; REWORKING; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TRIASSIC;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; MINORCA; SPAIN;

EID: 0037655029     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(02)00315-9     Document Type: Article

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