Skeletal-carbonate neptunian dikes of the Capitan Reef: Permian, Guadalupe Mountains, Texas, U.S.A

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 805-816

  Stanton Jr , Robert J ^a,b   Pray, Lloyd C ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS PRESERVATION; CARBONATION; DEPOSITION; FILLING; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; REEFS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS;

BASINAL SEDIMENTS; CARBONATE SEDIMENTS; DEPOSITIONAL AREAS; FISSURE FORMATION; PLATFORM MARGINS; SEDIMENT SOURCES; TERRIGENOUS SEDIMENT; UNCONSOLIDATED SLOPES;

LEVEES;

CARBONATE RAMP; CORAL REEF; DEPOSITION; PERMIAN; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE;

GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11144237979     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/042704740805     Document Type: Article

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