The intrinsic effect of shape on the retrogradation motif and timing of drowning of carbonate patch reef systems (Lower Frasnian, Bugle Gap, Canning Basin, Western Australia)

Sedimentology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 956-984

  Adams, Erwin W ^a   Hasler, Claude Alain ^b  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Australia; Carbonate platform; Drowning; Frasnian; Patch reef; Retrograding

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; CARBONATE PLATFORM; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ESCARPMENT; FRASNIAN; HIGHSTAND; NUMERICAL MODEL; REEF FORMATION; RETROGRESSION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SHAPE; SYSTEMS TRACT; VISUALIZATION;

AUSTRALIA; CANNING BASIN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AJUGA REPTANS;

EID: 77954010929     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2009.01127.x     Document Type: Article

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