Some fundamental problems in outcrop sequence stratigraphy

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 636-645

  Wang, Xunlian ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Optimizing chronostratigraphic boundaries; Sequence boundary; Sequence stratigraphy; Theoretical stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 0033500576     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02877791     Document Type: Article

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