Sedimentologic, palaeoecologic, taphonomic and ichnologic criteria for high-resolution sequence analysis: A practical guide for the identification and interpretation of discontinuities in shelf deposits

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 102, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 79-110

  Krawinkel, Hannelore ^a   Seyfried, Hartmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICHNOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SHALLOW MARINE ENVIRONMENT; TAPHONOMY;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0029774215     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0037-0738(95)00070-4     Document Type: Article

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