Ichnofacies and microbial build-ups on Late Miocene rocky shores from Menorca (Balearic Islands), Spain

Facies

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 255-265

  Johnson, Markes E ^a   Baarli, B Gudveig ^a   Santos, Ana ^b   Mayoral, Eduardo ^b  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioerosion; Coastal dynamics; Mediterranean Sea; Stromatolites; Tortonian and Messinian stages (Upper Miocene)

Indexed keywords

BIOEROSION; BIVALVE; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; DOLOMITE; ICHNOFACIES; JURASSIC; LIMESTONE; MIOCENE; ROCKY SHORE; SALINITY; STROMATOLITE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

BIVALVIA; ECHINOIDA; ENTOBIA; GASTROCHAENOLITES; POLYCHAETA; TRYPANITES;

EID: 79952574350     PISSN: 01729179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10347-010-0240-2     Document Type: Article

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