Switching off the carbonate factory: A-tidality, stratification and brackish wedges in epeiric seas

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 179, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 175-184

  Allison, Peter A ^a   Wright, V Paul ^b,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonate platform; Carbonate productivity; Epi continental seas; Micro tidal; Ramp; Stratification

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 24344447314     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.05.004     Document Type: Article

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