Randomness or order in the occurrence and preservation of shallow-marine carbonate facies? Holocene, South Florida

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 270, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 339-348

  Bosence, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogenic carbonates; Carbonate sedimentology; Facies preservation; South Florida

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CARBONATE; FACIES; HOLOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SKELETAL REMAINS;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56349163192     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.01.034     Document Type: Article

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