Sequence stratigraphy and relative sea-level history of the Middle and Upper Ordovician of the Nashville Dome, Tennessee

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 684-699

  Holland, S M ^a   Patzkowsky, M E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORDOVICIAN; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031794473     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/D426883D-2B26-11D7-8648000102C1865D     Document Type: Article

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