Authigenic seep-carbonates cementing coarse-grained deposits in a fan-delta depositional system (middle Miocene, Marnoso-arenacea Formation, central Italy)

Sedimentology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 471-486

  Conti, S ^a   Fontana, D ^a   Lucente, C C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b ARPA Emilia Romagna   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coarse grained deposits; Cold seep; Fan delta slope system; Marnoso arenacea Formation; Northern Apennines; Slope failure

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; CEMENTATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FAN DELTA; MIOCENE; REWORKING; SLOPE FAILURE; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 40949132513     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2007.00910.x     Document Type: Article

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