A facies model for an Early Aptian carbonate platform (Zamaia, Spain)

Facies

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 529-558

  Fernández Mendiola, Pedro Angel ^a   Mendicoa, Jone ^a   Hernandez, Sergio ^a   Owen, Hugh G ^b   García Mondéjar, Joaquín ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basque Cantabrian Basin; Carbonate platforms; Depositional sequences; Early Aptian; Facies analysis; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

APTIAN; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BRECCIA; CARBONATE PLATFORM; COASTAL ZONE; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; EMPLACEMENT; ESTUARY; FACIES ANALYSIS; FAULTING; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; KARSTIFICATION; LIMESTONE; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; OLISTOLITH; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

BASQUE-CANTABRIAN BASIN; SPAIN;

LUEHEIA;

EID: 84879223960     PISSN: 01729179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10347-012-0315-3     Document Type: Article

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