Limestone - Marl alternations in epeiric sea settings - Witnesses of environmental changes or diagnesis?

Special Paper - Geological Association of Canada

Volumn , Issue 48, 2008, Pages 389-406

  Westphal, Hildegard ^a   Munnecke, Axel ^b   Böhm, Florian ^c   Bornholdt, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENTATION; COMPACTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGENESIS; INLAND SEA; LIMESTONE; MARL;

EID: 56349111420     PISSN: 00721042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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