The effects of sea level and palaeotopography on lithofacies distribution and geometries in heterozoan carbonates, south-eastern Spain

Sedimentology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 513-536

  Johnson, Christopher L ^a,b   Franseen, Evan K ^c   Goldstein, Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b TETRA TECH INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cycles; Debrites; Heterozoan; Palaeotopography; Sea level; Temperate water; Turbidites

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE ROCK; LITHOFACIES; PALEOTOPOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 20644466867     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2005.00708.x     Document Type: Article

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