Recognition of ancient carbonate wind deposits: Lessons from a modern analogue, Chrissi Island, Crete

Sedimentology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 915-926

  Le Guern, Pierre ^a   Davaud, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aeolianites; Australia; Castal dunes; Crete; Image analysis; Petrotexture; Pleistocene; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PETROGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE;

AFRICA; CRETE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; NORTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUNISIA;

EID: 33745259008     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2005.00700.x     Document Type: Article

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