High-resolution sequence stratigraphic correlation in the Upper Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)-Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) peritidal carbonate deposits (Western Taurides, Turkey)

Geological Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 139-158

  Altiner, Demir ^a   Yilmaz, I Ömer ^a   Özgül, Necdet ^b   Akçar, Naki ^a   Bayazitoǧlu, Muzaffer ^a   Gaziulusoy, Zeynep E ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GEOMAR Mühendislik Sanayi Ve Ticaret Ltd ti   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Correlation; Eustatic sea level; Kimmeridgian Cenomanian; Metre scale cycle; Orbital eccentricity cycle; Parasequence; Peritidal carbonates; Sequence; Western Taurides

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS; JURASSIC; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

TAURUS MOUNTAINS; TURKEY;

EID: 0033500744     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1034(199901/06)34:1/2<139::AID-GJ818>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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