Carbonate facies and biostromal distribution in a tectonically controlled platform in northwest Ireland during the late Viséan (Mississippian)

Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society

Volumn 57, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 165-192

  Somerville, Ian D ^a   Cózar, Pedro ^b   Aretz, Markus ^c,e   Herbig, Hans Georg ^c   Ian Mitchell, W ^d   Medina Varea, Paula ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORTHERN IRELAND   (United Kingdom)

^e Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CARBONATE ROCK; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DEPOSITION; EROSION; FACIES; LIMESTONE; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; SYNSEDIMENTARY TECTONICS; UPLIFT; VISEAN;

IRELAND;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 78049438720     PISSN: 00440604     EISSN: 20414811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/pygs.57.3-4.165     Document Type: Conference Paper

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