Relative sea-level changes recorded on an isolated carbonate platform: Tithonian to Cenomanian succession, southern Croatia

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1120-1136

  Husinec, Antun ^a   Jelaska, Vladimir ^b  

^a CROATIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; CARBONATES; DISINTEGRATION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LIME; LIMESTONE;

CARBONATE PLATFORMS; FACIES DISTRIBUTION; MARINE CARBONATES; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; RELATIVE SEA-LEVEL CHANGES; SEA-LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS; SEA-LEVEL OSCILLATIONS; SOUTHERN CROATIA;

SEA LEVEL;

CARBONATE PLATFORM; CENOMANIAN; EUSTACY; FACIES ANALYSIS; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TITHONIAN;

CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33751015125     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2006.099     Document Type: Article

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