Reliability of lunar orbital periods extracted from ancient cyclic tidal rhythmites

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 141, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 1-10

  Archer, Allen W ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Moon; Periodicity; Rhythmite; Tides

Indexed keywords

EARTH/MOON SYSTEM; LUNAR ORBITAL PERIOD; PERIODICITY; PHANEROZOIC; PROTEROZOIC; RHYTHMITE; TIDAL SEDIMENT;

EID: 0030468467     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(96)00063-5     Document Type: Article

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