Cascading carbonate lakes of the Mayrán Basin system, northeast México: The interplay of inherited structural geometry, bedrock lithology, and climate

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 124, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 975-988

  Amezcua, Natalia ^a,d   Gawthorpe, Robert ^b   MacQuaker, Joe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^d Mexican Geological Survey   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL SEDIMENTS; BEDROCK GEOLOGY; CALCAREOUS MUDSTONE; EVAPORITES; FACIES ARCHITECTURE; FACIES DISTRIBUTION; LAKE LEVELS; LATE NEOGENE; LITHOFACIES; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK; STRUCTURAL GEOMETRY; SUBBASINS;

LAKES; LIMESTONE; LITHOLOGY; PETROLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BASIN EVOLUTION; BEDROCK; CARBONATE; CRETACEOUS; FACIES; LIMESTONE; LITHOLOGY; NEOGENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; STRATIGRAPHY;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY;

EID: 84863523403     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30403.1     Document Type: Article

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