Coeval versus reciprocal mixed carbonate-siliciclastic deposition, Middle Devonian Baltic Basin, Eastern Europe: Implications from the regional tectonic development

Sedimentology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1250-1274

  Tänavsuu Milkeviciene, Kati ^a,b   Plink Björklund, Piret ^b   Kirsimäe, Kalle ^a   Ainsaar, Leho ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Baltic Basin; Coeval carbonate siliciclastic deposition; Devonian; Mixed carbonate siliciclastic deposition; Reciprocal carbonate siliciclastic deposition; Shallow marine

Indexed keywords

BASIN FILL; CARBONATE; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; DEPOSITION; DEVONIAN; EIFELIAN; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FORELAND BASIN; MARINE SEDIMENT; PROGRADATION; RECONSTRUCTION; RETROGRESSION; SABKHA; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; TRANSGRESSION;

BALTIC REGION; EURASIA;

EID: 67651092039     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2008.01032.x     Document Type: Article

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