Paleoecological constraints on reef-coral morphologies in the Tortonian - Early Messinian of the Lorca Basin, SE Spain

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 213, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 163-185

  Vennin, Emmanuelle ^a   Rouchy, Jean Marie ^a   Chaix, Christian ^a   Blanc Valleron, Marie Madeleine ^a   Caruso, Antonio ^b   Rommevau, Vincent ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coralline algae; Corals; Lorca basin; Miocene; Paleoecology; Reefs

Indexed keywords

CORAL; EUSTACY; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; RUNOFF; TECTONIC SETTING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LORCA BASIN; MURCIA [SPAIN]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; PORITES; SIGMOIDEA; XIPHOPHORUS MACULATUS;

EID: 4644228097     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(04)00384-0     Document Type: Article

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