A Pennsylvanian microbial boundstone-dominated carbonate shelf in a distal foreland margin (Picos de Europa Province, NW Spain)

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 198, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 167-193

  Bahamonde, Juan R ^a   Merino Tomé, Oscar A ^b   Heredia, Nemesio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cantabrian Mountains; Carbonate platform; Carbonate slopes; Carboniferous; Microbial boundstones

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; BRECCIA; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; EMPLACEMENT; FACIES ANALYSIS; FORELAND BASIN; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; MUDSTONE; PENNSYLVANIAN; PROGRADATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

CANTABRIA; CANTABRIAN MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN MASSIF; IBERIAN PENINSULA; PICOS DE EUROPA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 34248546226     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.12.004     Document Type: Article

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