Mississippian carbonate ramp-to-basin transitions in south-central New Mexico: Sequence stratigraphic response to progressively steepening outer-ramp profiles

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1189-1200

  Bachtel, Steven L ^a   Dorobek, Steven L ^b  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE RAMP; CARBONIFEROUS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SYSTEMS TRACT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032466562     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/D426892D-2B26-11D7-8648000102C1865D     Document Type: Article

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