Architectural patterns in a multistorey mixed carbonate-siliciclastic submarine channel, Porto Torres Basin, Miocene, Sardinia, Italy

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 186, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 213-236

  Vigorito, Mario ^a   Murru, Marco ^b   Simone, Lucia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Foramol rhodalgal limestones; Miocene; Mixed carbonate siliciclastic sediments; Rift related basins; Sardinia; Submarine channels

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; MEGABRECCIA; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; SUBMARINE CHANNEL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PORTO TORRES HARBOUR; SARDINIA; SASSARI; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646094711     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.11.017     Document Type: Article

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