Miocene semidiurnal tidal rhythmites in Madre de Dios, Peru

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 177-180

  Hovikoski, Jussi ^a   Räsänen, Matti ^a   Gingras, Murray ^b   Roddaz, Martin ^c   Brusset, Stéphane ^c   Hermoza, Wilber ^c   Romero Pittman, Lidia ^d   Lertola, Kalle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Lab Mecanismes Transfert Geol C   (France)

^d Laboratorio de Paleontologa   (Peru)

Author keywords

Ichnology; Miocene; Sedimentology; Tidal deposits; Western Amazonia

Indexed keywords

BRACKISH-WATER; ESTUARINE DEPOSITS; MIOCENE DEPOSITS; TIDAL RHYTHMITES;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTUARIES; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

TIDES;

DIURNAL VARIATION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; MIOCENE; RHYTHMITE;

MADRE DE DIOS; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 15744378855     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21102.1     Document Type: Article

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