Non-seagrass meadow sedimentary facies of the Pontinian Islands, Tyrrhenian Sea: A modern example of mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sedimentation

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 201, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 286-301

  Brandano, Marco ^a   Civitelli, Giacomo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Facies; Heterozoan; Mediterranean; Mixed carbonate siliciclastic; Tyrrhenian

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; MICROFACIES; MINERALIZATION; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SEDIMENTATION; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; TRANSGRESSION; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT; WATER DEPTH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LATINA; LAZIO; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PALMAROLA; PONTINE ISLANDS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

PONTIA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 34848891528     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2007.05.012     Document Type: Article

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