Sequence stratigraphic interpretations in the southern Dead Sea basin, Israel

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1485-1501

  Csato, Istvan ^a,c   Kendall, Christopher G St C ^a   Nairn, Alan E M ^a   Baum, Gerald R ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MOL Group   (Hungary)

^d Texaco Inc Bellaire   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAKES; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY;

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLASTIC SEDIMENTS; EUSTATIC SEA LEVEL; LAKE LEVEL CHANGES; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION; SEQUENCE-STRATIGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION; THIRD-ORDER SEQUENCES; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY;

STRATIGRAPHY;

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; PLATE TECTONICS; PLEISTOCENE; PROGRADATION; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEISMIC DATA; TERTIARY; NEOGENE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

DEAD SEA; ISRAEL; DEAD SEA BASIN;

EID: 0031413281     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<1485:SSIITS>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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