Magnetostratigraphic correlation of paleogene sequences from northwest Europe and North America

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 451-454

  Rhodes, Guy M ^a,f   Ali, Jason R ^b   Hailwood, Ernie A ^c   King, Chris ^d   Gibson, Tom G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Core Magnetics ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^e SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^f Mine Action   (Angola)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PLAIN; DOMINANT MECHANISM; EUSTASY; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH EAST ATLANTIC; NORTH SEA; PALEOGENE; PASSIVE CONTINENTAL MARGIN; TIME-SCALES; EUSTATIC SEA LEVEL; GULF OF MEXICO;

BASIN; COASTAL PLAIN; DATABASE; EUSTACY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOGENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH SEA;

DEPOSITION;

SEA LEVEL;

EID: 0032876993     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0451:MCOPSF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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