Carbonate platforms in the Dolomites area of the Southern Alps - Historic perspectives on progress in sedimentology

Sedimentology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 191-204

  Schlager, Wolfganang ^a   Keim, Lorenz ^b,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Amt für Geologie and Baustoffprüfung   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Carbonate platform; Dolomites; Reef; Sedimentology; Southern Alps; Triassic

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; CORAL REEF; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; DOLOMITE; OUTCROP; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC DATA; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE; TRIASSIC;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 58149202327     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2008.01020.x     Document Type: Article

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