Facies characteristics and diversity in carbonate eolianites

Facies

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 175-191

  Frébourg, Gregory ^a   Hasler, Claude Alain ^a   Le Guern, Pierre ^b   Davaud, Eric ^a  

^a Section des sciences de la Terre et de l'environnement   (Switzerland)

^b British Geological Survey   (Norway)

Author keywords

Coastal dunes; Eolianites; Holocene; Microfacies; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; DIAGENESIS; DUNE; HOLOCENE; MICROFACIES; PETROGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; STRATIGRAPHY;

AFRICA; ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BAJA CALIFORNIA [(PNN) MEXICO]; CRETE; CYPRUS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; ITALY; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MIDDLE EAST; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; NORTH AMERICA; SARDINIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUNISIA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 42349115405     PISSN: 01729179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10347-008-0134-8     Document Type: Article

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