Depositional sequences in shallow carbonate-dominated sedimentary systems: Concepts for a high-resolution analysis

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 128, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 201-221

  Strasser, André ^a   Pittet, Bernard ^b   Hillgärtner, Heiko ^a   Pasquier, Jean Bruno ^a  

^a Institut de Geologie   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Berriasian; Carbonate platform; Cyclostratigraphy; Oxfordian; Sea level change; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY; OXFORDIAN; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SHALLOW WATER;

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EID: 0033386452     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(99)00070-6     Document Type: Article

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