Lithofacies character and architecture across a Pennsylvanian inner-platform transect (Sierra De Cuera, Asturias, Spain)

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 898-916

  Della Porta, Giovanna ^a   Kenter, Jeroen A M ^a   Immenhauser, Adrian ^a   Bahamonde, Juan R ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONATE PLATFORM; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; GLACIOEUSTACY; LITHOFACIES; PENNSYLVANIAN; STRATIGRAPHY; ARCHITECTURE; BIOHERM; GRAINSTONE; LAGOONAL SEDIMENTATION; PETROGRAPHY; SUBAERIAL EXPOSURE; TECTONIC PHENOMENA;

SPAIN; ASTURIAS; CANTABRIAN MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN MASSIF; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SIERRA DEL CUERA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

DEPOSITS; SEA LEVEL; SUBSIDENCE; TOPOGRAPHY;

CANTABRIAN MOUNTAINS; CARBONATE PLATFORMS; DEPOSITIONAL MODELS; HIGH AMPLITUDES; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; LATERAL VARIATIONS; SEA-LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS; VERTICAL STACKING;

REEFS;

ALGAE; CRINOIDEA;

EID: 0038406148     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/040902720898     Document Type: Article

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