Late Oxfordian to Late Kimmeridgian carbonate deposits of NW Switzerland (Swiss Jura): Stratigraphical and palaeogeographical implications in the transition area between the Paris Basin and the Tethys

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 186, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 237-263

  Jank, Markus ^a   Meyer, Christian A ^b   Wetzel, Andreas ^a  

^a Geologisch Palaontologisches Institut Universitat Basel   (Switzerland)

^b NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Boreal; Jura Mountains; Kimmeridgian carbonate platform; NW Switzerland; Paleogeography; Tethyan

Indexed keywords

BOREAL; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; KIMMERIDGIAN; OXFORDIAN; PALEOGEOGRAPHY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; JURA MOUNTAINS; SWITZERLAND;

OSTRACODA;

EID: 33645945888     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.08.008     Document Type: Article

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