Stratal order in peritidal carbonate sequences

Journal of Sedimentary Research, Section B: Stratigraphy and Global Studies

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1068-1082

  Wilkinson, Bruce H ^a   Drummond, Carl N ^b   Rothman, Edward D ^a   Diedrich, Nathaniel W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC SEDIMENTATION; LIMESTONE; PERITIDAL DEPOSIT; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

CARBONATES; LIME; RANDOM PROCESSES; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

GEOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE; LITHOFACIES; LOW LATITUDES; METER SCALE; RANDOM SEQUENCE; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; SHALLOW WATER CARBONATES; SHALLOW WATERS;

CARBONATION;

EID: 0031429339     PISSN: 10731318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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