The significance of dropstones in a tropical lacustrine setting, eastern Cameros Basin (Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous, Spain)

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 163, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 293-309

  Doublet, Stéfan ^a   Garcia, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Dropstone; Early Cretaceous; Lake; Paleoclimate; Spain

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITION; JURASSIC; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MICRITE; PEBBLE; QUARTZITE;

CAMEROS BASIN; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN CORDILLERA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 0842301378     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2003.07.003     Document Type: Article

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