Glaucony from the eocene of the Isle of Wight (southern UK): Implications for basin analysis and sequence-stratigraphic interpretation

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 887-896

  Amorosi, Alessandro ^a   Centineo, Maria Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eocene; Glaucony; Isle of Wight England; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; FACIES DISTRIBUTION; GLAUCONITE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

UK, ENGLAND, ISLE OF WIGHT, ALUM BAY; UK, ENGLAND, ISLE OF WIGHT, WHITECLIFF BAY;

EID: 0030728396     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.154.5.0887     Document Type: Article

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