Depositional sequence stratigraphy of lower cambrian grand cycles, southern great basin, u.s.a.

International Geology Review

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-77

  Mount, Jeffrey F ^a   Bergk, Katherine J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIC ACID; CLIMATE CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

CAMBRIAN; CYCLICITY; EUSTASY; PASSIVE MARGIN; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

USA, GREAT BASIN;

EID: 0031748371     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206819809465198     Document Type: Article

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