The "carbonate factory" revisited: A reexmination of sediment production functions used to model deposition on carbonate platforms

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 849-857

  Demicco, Robert V ^a   Hardie, Lawrence A ^b  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; DEPOSITION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT BUDGET; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONATE; DEPTH; RESIDENCE TIME; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ANDROS; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREAT BAHAMA BANK;

CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; SEDIMENTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

CARBONATE PLATFORMS; EQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMICS; LONG RESIDENCE TIME; PLATFORM MARGINS; RESIDENCE TIME; SEDIMENT PRODUCTION;

CARBONATION;

EID: 0037992890     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/041502720849     Document Type: Article

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