Integrated sequence stratigraphy: Facies, stable isotope and palynofacies analysis in a deeper epicontinental carbonate ramp (Late Jurassic, SW Germany)

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 175, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 391-414

  Ruf, M ^a   Link, E ^b   Pross, J ^b,c   Aigner, Thomas ^b  

^a Badley Ashton and Associates Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gamma ray log; Palynology; Sequence stratigraphy; Sponge microbial bioherm; SW Germany; Upper Jurassic

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; CARBONATE RAMP; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; FACIES; JURASSIC; PALYNOLOGY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; WORLD;

EID: 16844366881     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2004.12.023     Document Type: Article

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