Closure of a seaway: Stratigraphic record and facies (Guadix basin, Southern Spain)

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 903-910

  Betzler, Christian ^a   Braga, Juan Carlos ^b   Martín, José M ^b   Sánchez Almazo, Isabel M ^b   Lindhorst, Sebastian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Betic corridors; Giant cross beds; Miocene; Seaway; Tortonian

Indexed keywords

BIOCLASTIC SEDIMENT; CONGLOMERATE; FACIES; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; TORTONIAN;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRANADA [ANDALUCIA]; GUADIX-BAZA BASIN; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 33748038366     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-006-0073-y     Document Type: Article

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