Palaeohydrogeological control of palaeokarst macro-porosity genesis during a major sea-level lowstand: Danian of the Urbasa-Andia plateau, Navarra, North Spain

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 199, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 141-169

  Baceta, Juan Ignacio ^a   Wright, V Paul ^b   Beavington Penney, Simon J ^b   Pujalte, Victoriano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbonates; Dissolution; Mixing zone; Palaeocaves; Palaeokarst; Paleocene

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; CAVE SYSTEM; DANIAN; DISSOLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; LIMESTONE; LOWSTAND; PALEOKARST; POROSITY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NAVARRA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

MICROCODIUM; PECTINIDAE;

EID: 34249811188     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2007.01.024     Document Type: Article

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