Sedimentology of resedimented carbonates: Facies and geometrical characterisation of an upper Cretaceous calciturbidite system in Albania

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 257-260, Issue , 2012, Pages 63-77

  Rubert, Yolaine ^a   Jati, Mohamed ^a   Loisy, Corinne ^a   Cerepi, Adrian ^a   Foto, Gjergji ^b   Muska, Kristaq ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

Author keywords

Albania; Carbonate gravity deposits; Ionian basin; Microfacies; Sedimentology; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

ALBANIA; COARSE-GRAINED; DEBRIS FLOW DEPOSITS; DEEPWATER; DEPOSITIONAL MODELS; EURASIAN PLATES; GRANULOMETRIES; IONIAN BASIN; MICROFACIES; PACKSTONE; REGIONAL TECTONICS; SHALLOW-WATER; SHELF BREAK; TURBIDITE SYSTEMS; UPPER CRETACEOUS; WACKESTONE;

CARBONATION; LIMESTONE; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DEPOSITS;

AFRICAN PLATE; BIOCLASTIC SEDIMENT; BRECCIA; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CRETACEOUS; DEBRIS FLOW; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; EURASIAN PLATE; FACIES ANALYSIS; LIMESTONE; LITHOLOGY; OUTCROP; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLATE CONVERGENCE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHALLOW WATER; SHELF BREAK; TECTONIC SETTING; TURBIDITE;

ALBANIA;

EID: 84859495345     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2012.02.009     Document Type: Article

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