Controls on the evolution of carbonate mud mounds in the Lower Cretaceous Cupido Formation, northeastern Mexico

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 869-886

  Murillo Munetón, Gustavo ^a   Dorobek, Steven L ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATION; LIME; STRATIGRAPHY;

ACCUMULATION RATES; CARBONATE PLATFORMS; CARBONATE RAMPS; COARSE-GRAINED; EARLY CRETACEOUS; GULF OF MEXICO; LOWER CRETACEOUS; SYSTEMATIC CHANGES;

DEPOSITION;

BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CRETACEOUS; MUD MOUND; STRATIGRAPHY;

BUSTAMANTE CANYON; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; NUEVO LEON;

EID: 1842832733     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/043003730869     Document Type: Article

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