Climbing ripple structure and associated storm-lamination from a Proterozoic carbonate platform succession: Their environmental and petrogenetic significance

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 199-209

  Chaudhuri, Asru K ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Carbonate silt; Carbonate tempestite; Climbing ripple lamination; Combined flow; Hummocky cross stratification

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; PROTEROZOIC; DEPOSITION; HUMMOCKY CROSS-STRATIFICATION; LIMESTONE; PETROGENESIS; RIPPLE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TEMPESTITE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD; GODAVARI VALLEY; PRANHITA VALLEY;

EID: 22144468060     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02702945     Document Type: Article

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