Differential compaction as a control on depositional architectures across the Maiella carbonate platform margin (central Apennines, Italy)

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 196, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 133-155

  Rusciadelli, Giovanni ^a   Di Simone, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Depositional architectures; Differential compaction; Forward modeling; Maiella platform margin; Porosity loss

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; COMPACTION; DEPOSITION; MODELING; MORPHOLOGY; POROSITY; SEISMICITY;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 33847407978     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.06.006     Document Type: Article

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