Periodic-cyclic and chaotic successions of Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian to Campanian) pelagic sediments in the North German Basin

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 731-750

  Niebuhr, B ^a   Prokoph, A ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cyclostratigraphy; North German Basin; Orbital forcing; Periodic cyclic and chaotic accumulation; Power spectra; Sea level changes; SP logging data; Time series analysis; Upper Cretaceous; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

ALBIA; CONIACIAN;

CRETACEOUS; CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY; ORBITAL FORCING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; WELL LOGGING;

GERMANY, NORTH GERMAN BASIN;

EID: 0031404955     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cres.1997.0083     Document Type: Article

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