Facies distribution of Fusulinida in a Bashkirian-Moscovian (Pennsylvanian) carbonate platform top (Cantabrian Mountains, NW Spain)

Journal of Foraminiferal Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 344-367

  Della Porta, Giovanna ^a,b   Villa, Elisa ^c   Kenter, Jeroen A M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; FACIES ANALYSIS; PENNSYLVANIAN;

CANTABRIAN MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN MASSIF; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ALGAE; BISERIAMMINIDAE; BRADYINA; BRADYINIDAE; ENDOTHYRIDAE; EOSTAFFELLA; FORAMINIFERA; FUSULINACEA; FUSULINIDA; LASIODISCIDAE; OZAWAINELLA; PALAEOTEXTULARIIDAE; PSEUDOENDOTHYRA; SCHUBERTELLA; TETRATAXIDAE;

EID: 29844449785     PISSN: 00961191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/35.4.344     Document Type: Review

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