Low- and high-frequency sea-level changes control peritidal carbonate cycles, facies and dolomitization in the Rock of Gibraltar (Early Jurassic, Iberian Peninsula)

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-74

  Bosence, D W J ^a   Wood, J L ^a,b   Rose, E P F ^a   Qing, H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbonate platforms; Cyclic process; Fischer plots; Gibraltar; Jurassic

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; CYCLIC SEDIMENTATION; JURASSIC; KLIPPE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

GIBRALTAR;

EID: 0038021682     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs.157.1.61     Document Type: Article

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