Sequence stratigraphy and provenance on Gondwana's margin: The meguma zone (Cambrian to Devonian) of Nova Scotia, Canada

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 395-409

  Schenk, Paul E ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHOLOGY; SAND; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILT;

CLASSICAL SYSTEMS; CONTINENTAL ICE SHEET; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FINE-GRAINED SAND; LOWER ORDOVICIAN; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENT; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; APPALACHIANS; DEEP SEA FAN; NOVA SCOTIA;

STRATIGRAPHY;

CAMBRIAN; COASTAL ZONE; CRATON; DETRITUS; DEVONIAN; GONDWANA; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MARGINAL BASIN; PALEOSOL; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SHALE; PALAEOZOIC; TERRANE;

CANADA; MALI; NOVA SCOTIA; MEGUMA ZONE;

EID: 0030926365     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<0395:SSAPOG>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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