Sedimentary evolution of an aptian syn-rift carbonate system (Maestrat basin, E Spain): Effects of accommodation and environmental change

Geologica Acta

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 249-280

  Bover Arnal, T ^a   Moreno Bedmar, J A ^b   Salas, R ^b   Skelton, P W ^c   Bitzer, K ^a   Gili, E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

0AE1a; Aptian; Carbonate system; Iberian chain; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

APTIAN; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CARBONATE SYSTEM; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SYSTEMS TRACT; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE;

IBERIAN CORDILLERA; MAESTRAT BASIN; SPAIN;

AMMONOIDEA; ANTHOZOA; CHLOROPHYTA; ORBITOLINIDAE;

EID: 78649838412     PISSN: 16956133     EISSN: 16965728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1344/105.000001533     Document Type: Article

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