Marine flooding events and coal bed sequence architecture in southern West Virginia

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 49, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 123-145

  Staub, James R ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coal geology; Estuarine environment; Peat mires

Indexed keywords

COAL BEDS;

COAL; FLOODS; PEAT; SEDIMENTATION;

GEOLOGY;

COAL; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FLOODING; MIRE; PALEOCLIMATE; PENNSYLVANIAN; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036503177     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-5162(01)00074-X     Document Type: Article

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