Present-day temperate carbonate sedimentation on the Balearic Platform, western Mediterranean: Compositional and textural variation along a low-energy isolated ramp

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 255, Issue , 2006, Pages 71-84

  Fornós, Joan J ^a   Ahr, Wayne M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE RAMP; COOL WATER; SEDIMENTATION;

BALEARIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BRYOZOA; ECHINODERMATA; HALOPHILA; MOLLUSCA; POACEAE; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 33645165547     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.255.01.06     Document Type: Article

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