Controls on modern carbonate preservation in the southern Florida Straits

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 175, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 153-167

  Schwarz, Johanna ^a   Rendle Bühring, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW); Florida Straits; Pteropods; Supralysoclinal dissolution

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

FORAMINIFERA; LIMACINA INFLATA; PTEROPODA;

EID: 16844379715     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2004.12.024     Document Type: Article

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