On steps and methods for the establishment of global boundary stratotype section and point (GSSP) from the viewpoint of integrated stratigraphy

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1027-1041

  Wang, Xunlian ^a,b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Chronostratigraphy; GSSP; Integrated stratigraphy; Sequence stratigraphy; The first flooding surface; Theoretical stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIATION EFFECTS; ROCKS; SEDIMENTS;

PALAEOGEOGRAPHIC BACKGROUNDS;

STRATIGRAPHY;

SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; STRATIGRAPHY; STRATOTYPE;

EID: 0037596710     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/02yd9101     Document Type: Article

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