Stratal patterns and lithofacies of an intact seismic-scale Carboniferous carbonate platform (Asturias, northwestern Spain): A virtual outcrop model

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 239, Issue , 2004, Pages 29-41

  Verwer, Klaas ^a   Kenter, Jeroen A M ^a   Maathuis, Ben ^b   Della Porta, Giovanna ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; CARBONIFEROUS; GEOLOGY; LITHOFACIES; MODELING; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

ASTURIAS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

CARBONIFEROUS;

EID: 14244250920     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.239.01.03     Document Type: Article

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