Genesis and dispersal of carbonate mud relative to Late Quaternary sea-level change along a distally-steepened carbonate ramp (Northwestern Shelf, Western Australia)

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 665-678

  Dix, George R ^a   James, Noel P ^b   Kyser, T Kurtis ^b   Bone, Yvonne ^c   Collins, Lindsay B ^d  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; SEA LEVEL; UNDERWATER MINERALOGY;

CRYSTAL MORPHOLOGIES; EPICONTINENTAL CARBONATE PLATFORMS; HIGHSTAND SYSTEMS; INFLUENTIAL FACTORS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MECHANICAL DEGRADATION; SHALLOW WATER ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL CARBONATES;

CARBONATION;

CARBONATE RAMP; CONTINENTAL SHELF; PROVENANCE; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

INDIAN OCEAN; NORTHWEST AUSTRALIAN SHELF; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

CHLOROPHYTA; FORAMINIFERA; HALIMEDA; PTEROPODA;

EID: 27244450105     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2005.054     Document Type: Article

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