Orbital climate forcing in mudflat to marginal lacustrine deposits in the miocene teruel basin (Northeast Spain)

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 79, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 831-847

  Abels, Hemmo A ^a   Aziz, Hayfaa Abdul ^a,b   Ventra, Dario ^a   Hilgen, Frederik J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; FERTILIZERS; LIME; LIMESTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

CYCLE CHARACTERISTIC; HIGH RESOLUTION MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSITS; LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; SEDIMENTARY CYCLES; STRATIGRAPHIC INTERVALS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ALLUVIAL FAN; CALCRETE; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; CLIMATE FORCING; CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LIMESTONE; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIOCENE; MUDFLAT; ORBITAL FORCING;

ARAGON; SPAIN; TERUEL BASIN; TERUEL [ARAGON];

GASTROPODA;

EID: 72849107387     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2009.081     Document Type: Article

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