Sequence stratigraphy of the Middle to Upper Devonian Guilmette Formation, southern Egan and Schell Creek ranges, Nevada

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 321, Issue , 1997, Pages 89-112

  LaMaskin, Todd A ^a   Elrick, Maya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FLOODS; SEA LEVEL;

DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCES; HIGH FREQUENCY FLUCTUATIONS; HIGHSTAND SYSTEMS TRACT; SEA-LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS; SEA-LEVEL OSCILLATIONS; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SEQUENCE-STRATIGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION; TRANSGRESSIVE SYSTEMS TRACTS;

DEPOSITION;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CONODONT; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; DEVONIAN; FACIES ANALYSIS; FLOODING; HIGHSTAND; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0002503374     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2321-3.89     Document Type: Article

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