Carbonate megabreccias in a sequence stratigraphic context; evidence from the Cambrian of North Greenland

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 172, Issue , 2000, Pages 47-68

  Ineson, Jon R ^a   Surlyk, Finn ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; CARBONATE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0034128038     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.172.01.03     Document Type: Article

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