Cycle symmetry and its causes, Cisco Group (Virgilian and Wolfcampian), Texas

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1102-1121

  Yang, Wan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b 1440E Plaza Office Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLE SEDIMENTATION; CYCLE SYMMETRY; CYCLIC SEDIMENTATION; PENNSYLVANIAN; PERMIAN; SEA LEVEL VARIATION; VIRGILIAN; WOLFCAMPIAN;

USA, TEXAS;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE;

COMPLEX CHARACTERISTICS; CYCLE CHARACTERISTIC; CYCLIC SEDIMENTATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SHIFTS; SILICICLASTIC ROCKS; SYSTEMATIC VARIATION; TRANSGRESSION AND REGRESSION;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 0030431892     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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