The Magneto-Susceptibility Event and Cyclostratigraphy (MSEC) Method Used in Geological Correlation of Devonian Rocks from Anti-Atlas Morocco

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1119-1133

  Ellwood, Brooks B ^a   Crick, Rex E ^a   Hassani, Ahmed El ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

EID: 0032664545     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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