Episodic event deposits versus stratigraphic sequences - Shall the twain never meet?

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 104, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 243-247

  Dott Jr , R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC SEDIMENTATION; DIASTEM; EVENT DEPOSIT; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TEMPESTITE; TURBIDITE;

EID: 0029758247     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0037-0738(95)00131-X     Document Type: Article

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