Origin of the upper Capitan-massive limestone (Permian), Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico-Texas: Is it a reef?

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 159-176

  Fagerstrom, J A ^a,b,d   Weidlich, O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Centre de Biologie et d Ecologie Tropicale et Méditerranéenne   (French Polynesia)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIME; LIMESTONE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

ACCRETIONARY; DOWNSLOPE; GROWTH FORM; INORGANIC COMPONENTS; NEW MEXICO; ORGANIC COMPONENTS; POLISHED SURFACES; RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED;

REEFS;

FORMATION MECHANISM; LIMESTONE; PERMIAN; REEF FORMATION; SPONGE;

NEW MEXICO; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879879706     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1999)111<0159:OOTUCM>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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