The response of cool-water carbonates to eustatic change in microtidal, Mediterranean Quaternary settings of Sicily

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 255, Issue , 2006, Pages 137-156

  Pedley, Martyn ^a,b   Grasso, Mario ^c  

^a Department of Geology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE RAMP; COOL WATER; EUSTACY; QUATERNARY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EMILIA;

EID: 33645167337     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.255.01.10     Document Type: Article

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