Growth and demise of a Burdigalian coral bioconstruction on a granite rocky substrate (Bonifacio Basin, southeastern Corsica)

Facies

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 703-716

  Tomassetti, Laura ^a   Bosellini, Francesca R ^b   Brandano, Marco ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Burdigalian; Coral bioconstruction; Corsica; Granitic substrate

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CORAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FACIES ANALYSIS; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GRANITE; MAPPING METHOD; MIOCENE; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; SUBSTRATE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRANSGRESSION; TROPHIC CONDITIONS;

CORSE; FRANCE;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84879265102     PISSN: 01729179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10347-012-0341-1     Document Type: Article

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