Discriminating between tectonism and climate signatures in palustrine deposits: Lessons from the Miocene of the Teruel Graben, NE Spain

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 113, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 141-160

  Alonso Zarza, Ana M ^a   Meléndez, Alfonso ^b   Martín García, Rebeca ^a   Herrero, Ma Josefa ^a   Martín Pérez, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate; Continental carbonates; Geochemistry; Palustrine; Tectonism; Teruel Graben

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DEPOSITION; DIAGENESIS; FACIES ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRABEN; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LIMESTONE; MIOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PEDOGENESIS; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONICS;

ARAGON; SPAIN; TERUEL [ARAGON];

VALLESIA;

EID: 84864763710     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2012.03.011     Document Type: Review

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