Synsedimentary tectonics in an epicontinental sea: A new interpretation of the Oxfordian basins of Northern Switzerland

Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 265-287

  Allenbach, R P ^a,b  

^a Geologisch Palaontologisches Institut Universitat Basel   (Switzerland)

^b Proseis AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Facies; Oxfordian; Paleowaterdepth; Paleozoic; Sea level; Sequence stratigraphy; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; DEPOCENTER; LITHOFACIES; OXFORDIAN; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SUBSIDENCE; SYNSEDIMENTARY TECTONICS;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0035712551     PISSN: 00129402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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