Sandstone petrofacies in the northwestern sector of the Iberian Basin

Journal of Iberian Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 191-206

  Arribas, J ^a   Ochoa, M ^a   Mas, R ^a   Arribas, Ma E ^a   Gonzalez Acebron L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Early Cretaceous; Iberian range; Permo Triassic; Petrofacies; Rift Basins; Sandstone provenance

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; DENUDATION; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; DIAGENESIS; FACIES; HAUTERIVIAN; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; QUARTZ; RIFTING; SANDSTONE; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; TITHONIAN; TRIASSIC; VALANGINIAN;

CAMEROS BASIN; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN BASIN; IBERIAN CORDILLERA; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 34548442796     PISSN: 16986180     EISSN: 18867995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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