Cross-platform architecture of a sequence boundary in mixed siliciclastic-carbonate lithofacies, Middle Cambrian, southern Great Basin, USA

Sedimentology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 197-217

  Osleger, David A ^a   Montańez, Isabel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GRAND CYCLE; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

USA, GREAT BASIN;

EID: 0029774216     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1996.d01-13.x     Document Type: Article

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