Facies development of a Late Ordovician mixed carbonate-siliciclastic ramp proximal to the developing Taconic orogen: Lourdes Formation, Newfoundland, Canada

Facies

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 121-149

  Batten Hender, Kelly L ^a,b   Dix, George R ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PDI Production Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lourdes Formation; Mixed siliciclastic carbonate facies; Newfoundland; Tectonics; Upper Ordovician

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; ALLOCHTHON; BIOHERM; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CARBONATE RAMP; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; FACIES ANALYSIS; FORELAND BASIN; FORMATION MECHANISM; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOKARST; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; TACONIC OROGENY; TECTONIC SETTING; TRANSGRESSION;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 38849174502     PISSN: 01729179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10347-007-0126-0     Document Type: Article

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