'Transgressive washing' concept: A sequence stratigraphic approach for calci- and siliciclastic turbidites

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 262, Issue , 2006, Pages 45-53

  El Kadiri, Kh ^a   Chalouan, Ahmed ^b   Bahmad, A ^c   Salhi, F ^d   Liemlahi, H ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^c Societe Nationale d'Etudes du Detroit de Gibraltar SNED   (Morocco)

^d FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; CARBONATE ROCK; FLYSCH; SANDSTONE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT; TRANSGRESSION; TURBIDITE;

EID: 33750315395     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.262.01.02     Document Type: Article

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