Journal article
Oceanography and reefs of recent and Paleozoic tropical epeiric seas
Abstract
The Java Sea, one of the few modern tropical epeiric seas, is used as an analogue to examine oceanography, stratigraphy, and reefs of Devonian strata in the Appalachian and Michigan Basins. Nearshore patch reefs and offshore “pinnacle” reefs occur in both the Java Sea and the Emsian-Eifelian Onondaga Formation in the Appalachian Basin. Nearshore patch reefs also occur in the Eifelian Formosa Reef Limestone in the Michigan Basin.The Java Sea is …
Authors
Edinger EN; Copper SP; Risk MJ; Atmojo W
Journal
Facies, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 127–149
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
January 2002
DOI
10.1007/bf02667710
ISSN
0172-9179