A lagoonal interlude with occasional hypersalinity in the deposition of the Early-Middle Miocene Brasso Formation of Trinidad

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 254-261

  Wilson, Brent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Benthonic foraminifera; Caroni basin; Gypsum; Northern range; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; GYPSUM; HEMATITE; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; LAGOON; MIOCENE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; PYRITE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SILTSTONE;

BENI; BOLIVIA; TRINIDAD [BENI];

FORAMINIFERA; MOLLUSCA; QUINQUELOCULINA;

EID: 75749128256     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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