Thickening and/or thinning upward patterns in sequences of strata: Tests of significance

Sedimentology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 657-696

  Harper Jr , Charles W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 0032421911     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1998.00176.x     Document Type: Article

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