Aeolian sand sea development along the mid-Cretaceous western Tethyan margin (Spain): Erg sedimentology and palaeoclimate implications

Sedimentology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1253-1292

  Rodríguez López, Juan Pedro ^a   Meléndez, Nieves ^a   De Boer, Poppe L ^b   Soria, Ana Rosa ^c  

^a Universidad Complutense de Madrid CSIC   (Spain)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aeolian sand sea; Draa; Dunes; Interdunes; Mid Cretaceous; Super surface

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DUNE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EOLIAN PROCESS; ERG; PALEOCLIMATE; SEDIMENTATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 52249093121     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2007.00945.x     Document Type: Article

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