Detection of sedimentary cyclicity and stratigraphic completeness by wavelet analysis: An application to Late Albian cyclostratigraphy of the Western Canada sedimentary basin

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 862-875

  Prokoph, Andreas ^a   Agterberg, Frederik P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERIODICITY; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY; WAVELET;

CANADA;

EID: 0032734035     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/D4268AA9-2B26-11D7-8648000102C1865D     Document Type: Article

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