Sequence stratigraphic context of syndepositional diagenesis in cool-water shelf carbonates: Pliocene limestones, New Zealand

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 231-250

  Caron, Vincent ^a   Nelson, Campbell S ^a   Kamp, Peter J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; CARBONATES; COMPACTION; EROSION; LIME; LIMESTONE; PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

HIGHSTAND SYSTEMS TRACT; MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITIONS; REGRESSIVE SYSTEMS TRACTS; RELATIVE SEA-LEVEL CHANGES; SEDIMENTARY ARCHITECTURE; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSIVE SYSTEMS TRACTS;

DEPOSITION;

CARBONATE PLATFORM; DIAGENESIS; PLIOCENE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; WORLD;

EID: 14844339171     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2005.018     Document Type: Article

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