Carbonate production of ancient debris-dominated reefs: An outcrop-based example from the upper jurassic reef complex of the central apennines (italy)

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 125, Issue 9-10, 2013, Pages 1520-1538

  Rusciadelli, Giovanni ^a   Ricci, Cristiano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL APENNINES; EXCESS VOLUME; GROWTH POTENTIAL; HYDRODYNAMIC PROCESS; OUTCROP DATA; PLATFORM MARGINS; SEVERAL VARIABLES; THICKNESS REDUCTION;

CARBONATION; DEBRIS; SEDIMENTS;

REEFS;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; JURASSIC; REEF; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

APENNINES; ITALY;

EID: 84883138596     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30850.1     Document Type: Article

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