Depositional model and paleodepth reconstruction of a coral-rich, mixed siliciclastic-carbonate system: The Burdigalian of Capo Testa (northern Sardinia, Italy)

Facies

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 433-444

  Brandano, Marco ^a   Tomassetti, Laura ^a   Bosellini, Francesca ^b   Mazzucchi, Andrea ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Burdigalian; Corals; Facies; Mediterranean; Paleodepth

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BURDIGALIAN; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CORAL; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FACIES; MODELING; OUTCROP; RECONSTRUCTION; SANDSTONE; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

ITALY; SARDINIA;

ANTHOZOA; FORAMINIFERA; PORITES; RHODOPHYTA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 77953873563     PISSN: 01729179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10347-009-0209-1     Document Type: Article

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