Palaeokarst in the Ordovician of the Southern Great Basin, USA: Implications for sea-level history

Sedimentology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 855-873

  Cooper, John D ^a   Keller, Martin ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breccia; Disconformity; Grike; Ordovician; Palaeokarst

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; EUSTACY; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOKARST; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STRATIGRAPHY;

GREAT BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034875818     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.2001.00393.x     Document Type: Article

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