Low-light and nutrient-rich coral assemblages in an Upper Aptian carbonate platform of the southern Maestrat Basin (Iberian Chain, eastern Spain)

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 509-534

  Tomas S ^a   Loser H ^b   Salas, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Corals; Depositional models; Eastern Spain; Environmental factors; Reefs; Taxonomy; Upper Aptian

Indexed keywords

APTIAN; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CARBONATE ROCK; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRAINSTONE; LIGHT INTENSITY; PALEONTOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN CORDILLERA; MAESTRAT BASIN; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ALCYONARIA; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; FAVIINA; FUNGIINA; ORBITOLINIDAE; OSTREA; OSTREIDAE; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 44649104428     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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