The role of climate in stratigraphic patterns exhibited by late Palaeozoic rocks exposed in Kansas

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 128, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 1-16

  West, R R ^a   Archer, A W ^a   Miller, K B ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

climate; cyclothems; Pennsylvanian; Permian; stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; CYCLOTHEM; PALAEOCLIMATE; PERMIAN; STRATIGRAPHY;

USA, KANSAS;

EID: 0030620753     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(97)81127-3     Document Type: Article

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