Sedimentary sequences, seismofacies and evolution of depositional systems of the Oligo/Miocene Lower Freshwater Molasse Group, Switzerland

Basin Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-26

  Schlunegger, F ^a   Matter, A ^a   Burbank, D W ^b   Leu, W ^c   Mange, M ^d   Matyas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Geoform AG   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIOCENE; MOLASSE; OLIGOCENE; SEQUENCE ARCHITECTURE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0030863520     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2117.1997.00029.x     Document Type: Article

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