High-frequency rhythmicity in a mixed siliciclastic-carbonate shelf (Late Miocene, Guadix Basin, Spain): A model of interplay between climatic oscillations, subsidence, and sediment dispersal

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 79, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 302-315

  Fernando, García García ^a   Soria, Jesús M ^b   Viseras, César ^c   Fernández, Juan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATION; DEPOSITS; FERTILIZERS; GRADING; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CLIMATIC OSCILLATIONS; CROSS STRATIFICATIONS; HYDRODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEDIMENTARY PACKAGES; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SILICICLASTIC CARBONATES;

SEDIMENTS;

ALGA; BIVALVE; BRACHIOPOD; CARBONATE; CLIMATE VARIATION; FACIES; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; HYDRODYNAMICS; MIOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; SUBSIDENCE;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRANADA [ANDALUCIA]; GUADIX BASIN; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ALGAE; BIVALVIA; BRACHIOPODA; BRYOZOA; ECHINOIDA; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 67949092516     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2009.028     Document Type: Article

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