Investigating carbonate platform types: Multiple controls and a continuum of geometries

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-37

  Williams, Huw D ^a   Burgess, Peter M ^b,c   Wright, V Paul ^a,c   Della Porta, Giovanna ^d   Granjeon, Didier ^e  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATION; DIFFUSION; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SUBSIDENCE; TOPOGRAPHY;

DIFFERENTIAL SUBSIDENCE; HIGH ENERGY PROCESS; LOW-ENERGY CONDITIONS; PLATFORM DEVELOPMENT; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; SEDIMENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT RATE; TOPOGRAPHIC GRADIENTS;

GEOMETRY;

AUTOCHTHON; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CARBONATE RAMP; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOACCUMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TOPOGRAPHY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 82455196939     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2011.6     Document Type: Article

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