Pendleian (early Serpukhovian) marine carbonates from SW Spain: Sedimentology, biostratigraphy and depositional model

Geological Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-47

  Cozar P ^a   Rodriguez S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Mississippian; Pendleian; Sedimentology; Stratigraphy; Strike slip tectonics; SW Spain

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; NAMURIAN; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 1842427508     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.942     Document Type: Article

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