Carbonate platform slopes of the Alpine Triassic and the Neogene - A comparison

Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-14

  Schlager, Wolfgang ^a   Reijmer, John J G ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbonate platform; Debris; Microbial carbonate; Mud; Slope

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; DEBRIS FLOW; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DOLOMITE; GRAIN SIZE; MUD; NEOGENE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SLOPE; TRIASSIC;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 70349979154     PISSN: 20727151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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