The turbidite fill of the Annot sub-basin (SE France): A sequence-stratigraphy approach

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 221, Issue , 2004, Pages 111-135

  Callec, Y ^a  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN FILL; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; FORELAND BASIN; TURBIDITE;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2142652153     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.221.01.07     Document Type: Article

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