Sequence stratigraphy and platform evolution of Lower-Middle Devonian carbonates, eastern Great Basin

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 392-416

  Elrick, Maya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; DEPOSITS; FLOODS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SEA LEVEL;

CARBONATE PLATFORMS; GREENHOUSE CLIMATES; HEMIPELAGIC DEPOSITS; HIGHSTAND SYSTEMS TRACT; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TRANSGRESSIVE SYSTEMS TRACTS; GREAT BASIN; MIDDLE DEVONIAN; STACKING PATTERNS; SUBTIDAL; THIRD ORDER;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHY;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BOUNDARY CONDITION; BRACHIOPOD; CARBONATE PLATFORM; DEVONIAN; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; CARBONATE; PLATFORM EVOLUTION;

CANADA; EUROPE; GREAT BASIN; UNITED STATES; USA;

EID: 0029730797     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1996)108<0392:SSAPEO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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