Depositional cyclicity in the Lower Devonian Helderberg Group of New York State

Journal of Geology

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 643-658

  Diedrich, Nathaniel W ^a   Wilkinson, Bruce H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE ROCK; CYCLIC SEDIMENTATION; DEVONIAN; SHALLOW WATER; STRATIGRAPHY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033509541     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314378     Document Type: Article

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