Carbonate facies patterns in surface sediments of upwelling and non-upwelling shelf environments (Panama, East Pacific)

Sedimentology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-56

  Reijmer, John J G ^a   Bauch, Thorsten ^b,d   Schäfer, Priska ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonate sedimentation; Eastern Pacific; Eutrophic; Facies patterns; Non upwelling; Oligotrophic; Panama; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

EASTERN PACIFIC; EUTROPHIC; FACIES PATTERNS; NON-UPWELLING; OLIGOTROPHIC; PANAMA; UPWELLING;

ALGAE; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; EUTROPHICATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TROPICS;

CARBONATION;

BIOTA; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; FACIES; FAUNA; GRAIN SIZE; MESOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SHELF SEDIMENT; UPWELLING;

GULF OF CHIRIQUI; GULF OF PANAMA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

ANTHOZOA; BALANIDAE; ECHINODERMATA; MOLLUSCA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 84155167464     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2010.01214.x     Document Type: Article

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