The falling stage systems tract: Recognition and importance in sequence stratigraphic analysis

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 172, Issue , 2000, Pages 1-17

  Plint, A Guy ^a   Nummedal, Dag ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REGRESSION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SYSTEMS TRACT;

EID: 0034118134     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.172.01.01     Document Type: Article

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