Regular terrestrially derived palynofacies cycles in irregular marine sedimentary cycles, Lower Lias, Dorset, UK

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 156, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1113-1124

  Waterhouse, Helen K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dorset; Lower Lias; Orbital forcing; Palaeoenvironments; Palynofacies

Indexed keywords

JURASSIC; ORBITAL FORCING; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033393414     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.156.6.1113     Document Type: Article

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