Facies architecture and geometry of a prograding carbonate ramp during the early stages of foreland basin evolution: Lower Eocene sequences, Sierra del Cadí, SE Pyrenees, Spain

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 149, Issue , 1998, Pages 181-203

  Gilham, Rodney F ^a,b   Bristow, Charlie S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PGS Reservoir (UK) Limited   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0347130289     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.149.01.10     Document Type: Article

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