Estimates of the amount and rate of sea-level change across the Rhaetian-Hettangian and Pliensbachian-Toarcian boundaries (latest Triassic to early Jurassic)

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 773-779

  Hallam, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early Jurassic; Late Triassic; Regressions; Transgressions

Indexed keywords

EUSTASY; JURASSIC; MASS EXTINCTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TECTONICS; TRIASSIC;

EID: 0031457197     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.154.5.0773     Document Type: Article

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