Stratigraphy, facies development, and depositional dynamics of the late wenlock fröjel formation, Gotland, Sweden

GFF

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-24

  Calner, Mikael ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fr jel formation; Gannarve siltstone member; Gotland; Lithostratigraphy; Mid homerian; Sea level changes; Sequence stratigraphy; Silurian; Svarvare mudstone member

Indexed keywords

CYRTOGRAPTUS; CYRTOGRAPTUS LUNDGRENI; HOMERIA;

EID: 0002614590     PISSN: 11035897     EISSN: 20000863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11035899901211013     Document Type: Article

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