High-resolution stratigraphy of the Newark rift basin (early Mesozoic, eastern North America)

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 40-77

  Olsen, Paul E ^a   Kent, Dennis V ^a   Cornet, Bruce ^a,c   Witte, William K ^a,d   Schlische, Roy W ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Alaska ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGIC MODELS; LOCKS (FASTENERS); SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

COMPOSITE SECTIONS; CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY; EASTERN NORTH AMERICA; GLOBAL CORRELATION; LATERAL CORRELATION; LITHO-STRATIGRAPHIC; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; SEDIMENTARY CYCLES; CONTINENTAL RIFT; DRILLING METHODS; HIGH RESOLUTION; LATE TRIASSIC; MOUNTAIN BASINS; RIFT BASIN; STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; STRATIGRAPHY;

CLIMATE CYCLE; COMPOSITE; CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; JURASSIC; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; RIFT ZONE; TRIASSIC; MESOZOIC; RIFT BASIN; STRATIGRAPHY;

MISSOURI; NEWARK BASIN; STOCKTON [MISSOURI]; UNITED STATES; USA;

EID: 0029730051     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1996)108<0040:HRSOTN>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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