Timing of canyon-fed turbidite deposition in a rifted basin: The Early Cretaceous turbidite complex of the Cerrajón Formation (Subbetic, Southern Spain)

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 192, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 141-166

  Ruiz Ortiz, Pedro A ^a   de Gea, Ginés A ^a   Castro, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Rift basin; Subbetic; Submarine canyon; Turbidites

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; SUBMARINE CANYON; TURBIDITE;

EID: 33750972314     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.04.003     Document Type: Article

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