High-frequency, moderate to high-amplitude sea-level oscillations during the late Early Aptian: Insights into the Mid-Aptian event (Galve sub-basin, Spain)

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 294, Issue , 2013, Pages 233-250

  Peropadre, Carlos ^a,b   Liesa, Carlos L ^c   Meléndez, Nieves ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Spain)

^b INYPSA Informes y Proyectos SA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cretaceous glacioeustacy; Incised valleys; Maestrazgo basin; Mid Aptian cooling; Mid Aptian event; Sea level curve

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS GLACIOEUSTACY; INCISED-VALLEYS; MAESTRAZGO BASIN; MID-APTIAN EVENT; SEA-LEVEL CURVES;

GROUNDWATER; STRATIGRAPHY;

SEA LEVEL;

AMPLITUDE; APTIAN; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CRETACEOUS; GLACIOEUSTACY; INCISED VALLEY; RIFTING; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC SETTING; UPLIFT;

ARAGON; GALVE; MAESTRAZGO BASIN; SPAIN; TERUEL [ARAGON];

EID: 84880359239     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2013.05.019     Document Type: Article

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