Contrasting models of temperate carbonate sedimentation in a small Mediterranean embayment: The Pliocene Carboneras Basin, SE Spain

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 387-399

  Martín, José M ^a   Braga, Juan C ^a   Aguirre, Julio ^a   Betzler, Christian ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbonates; Deposition; Pliocene; SE Spain; Temperate environment

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; PLIOCENE; SEDIMENTATION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 2142805948     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764903-044     Document Type: Article

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