From non-tidal shelf to tide-dominated strait: The Miocene Bonifacio Basin, Southern Corsica

Sedimentology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 599-623

  Reynaud, Jean Yves ^a,f   Ferrandini, Michelle ^b   Ferrandini, Jean ^b   Santiago, Miguel ^c   Thinon, Isabelle ^d   André, Jean Pierre ^e   Barthet, Yves ^e   Guennoc, Pol ^d   Tessier, Bernadette ^c  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^d BRGM   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^f UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Carbonates; Corsica; Dunes; Mediterranean; Miocene; Strait; Tectonics; Tidal

Indexed keywords

CORSICA; DUNES; MEDITERRANEAN; MIOCENE; STRAIT; TIDAL;

CARBONATES; DEPOSITS; OCEAN CURRENTS;

TECTONICS;

CARBONATE; CORALLINE ALGA; DUNE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MIOCENE; OUTCROP; PROGRADATION; SHELF DYNAMICS; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; STRAIT; TECTONICS; TIDAL CURRENT;

CORSE; FRANCE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SARDINIA;

ALGAE;

EID: 84873113877     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2012.01352.x     Document Type: Article

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