Internal anatomy of a mixed siliciclastic-carbonate platform: The Late Cenomanian-Mid Turonian at the southern margin of the Spanish central system

Sedimentology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1245-1271

  García Hidalgo, José F ^a   Gil, Javier ^a   Segura, Manvel ^a   Domínguez, Carmen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Central spain; Cretaceous; Mixed siliciclastic carbonate sediments; Parasequence stacking patterns; Stratal architecture

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN BOUNDARY; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FACIES; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; TRANSGRESSION;

EID: 36349013671     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2007.00880.x     Document Type: Article

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