Dating of the Plio-Pleistocene rapidly deposited sequence based on integrated magneto-biostratigraphy: A case study of the Madagida-chi Section, Coastal Range, eastern Taiwan

Journal of the Geological Society of China

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-58

  Horng, Chorng Shern ^a   Shea, Kai Shuan ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coastal Range; Datum level; Magneto biostratigraphy; Strata hiatus

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CALCAREOUS NANNOFOSSIL; FORAMINIFERA; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE;

TAIWAN, COASTAL RANGE, MADAGIDA-CHI SECTION;

EID: 0030429366     PISSN: 10187057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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