'Hummocky cross-stratification-like structures in deep-sea turbidites: Upper Cretaceous Basque basins (Western Pyrenees, France)' by Mulder et al. (2009), Sedimentology, 56, 997-1015: Discussion

Sedimentology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 566-570

  Higgs, Roger ^a  

^a Geoclastica Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; HUMMOCKY CROSS-STRATIFICATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TURBIDITE;

PYRENEES;

EID: 79251487223     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2010.01163.x     Document Type: Article

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