Chapter 2 Palustrine Carbonates

Developments in Sedimentology

Volumn 61, Issue C, 2010, Pages 103-131

  Alonso Zarza, A M ^a   Wright, V P ^b  

^a Universidad Complutense de Madrid CSIC   (Spain)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carbonate muds; desiccation; palustrine environments; rooted plants; wetlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049120094     PISSN: 00704571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0070-4571(09)06102-0     Document Type: Review

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