Sea-level and ocean-current control on carbonate-platform growth, Maldives, Indian Ocean

Basin Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 172-196

  Betzler, Christian ^a   Fürstenau, Jörn ^a,d   Lüdmann, Thomas ^a   Hübscher, Christian ^a   Lindhorst, Sebastian ^a   Paul, Andreas ^b   Reijmer, John J G ^b   Droxler, André W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PGO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CARBONATE SYSTEM; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; MIOCENE; PROGRADATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEISMIC DATA; UPWELLING;

MALDIVES;

EID: 84875245902     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2012.00554.x     Document Type: Article

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