Eustatic and autocyclic influences on deposition of the lower Pennsylvanian Mary Lee coal zone, Warrior Basin, Alabama

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 3-19

  Demko, T M ^a   Gastaldo, R A ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; LITHOLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA LEVEL; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TIDES;

EUSTATIC SEA LEVEL CHANGE; MARINE STRATA DEPOSITION;

COAL DEPOSITS;

COAL; FACIES DISTRIBUTION; PENNSYLVANIAN; SEA LEVEL FLUCTUATION; TOPOGRAPHY;

USA, ALABAMA, WARRIOR BASIN;

EID: 0030293801     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-5162(96)00009-2     Document Type: Article

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