Drowning history of a Miocene carbonate platform (Zhujiang Formation, South China Sea)

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 219, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 318-331

  Sattler, Ute ^a   Immenhauser, Adrian ^a   Schlager, Wolfgang ^a   Zampetti, Valentina ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Microfacies; Miocene; Platform drowning; South China Sea; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONATE PLATFORM; EUSTACY; FACIES ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; MICROFACIES; MIOCENE; STABLE ISOTOPE; UNCONFORMITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; HETEROSTEGINA;

EID: 67651149474     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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