Bio-sedimentary signatures of high-frequency salinity/subaerial exposure changes: Examples from the Oxfordian of Portugal (Cabaços Formation)

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 231-238

  Azerêdo, Ana C ^a   Cabral, Maria Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Carbonate facies; Integrated palaeoecology; Micropalaeontology; Ostracod assemblages; Oxfordian; Portugal; Salinity trends; Sedimentary structures; Subaerial exposure

Indexed keywords

JURASSIC; MICROFOSSIL; OXFORDIAN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SALINITY; SUBAERIAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 2942678951     PISSN: 00356883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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