Potential and limits of combining studies of coarse-and fine-grained sediments for the coastal event history of a Caribbean carbonate environment

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 388, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 503-531

  Scheffers, Anja M ^a   Engel, M A X ^b   May, S Matthias ^b   Scheffers, Sander R ^a   Joannes Boyau, Renaud ^a   Hänssler, Elke ^c   Kennedy, Katharina ^b   Kelletat, Dieter ^b   Brückner, Helmut ^b   Vött, Andreas ^d   Schellmann, Gerhard ^e   Schäbitz, Frank ^b   Radtke, Ulrich ^b   Sommer, Brigitte ^f   Willershäuser, Timo ^d   Felis, Thomas ^g  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

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EID: 85082866760     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP388.4     Document Type: Article

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