Sequence stratigraphy and correlation of late Carboniferous and Permian in the CIS, Europe, Tethyan area, North Africa, Arabia, China, Gondwanaland and the USA

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 196, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 59-84

  Izart, Alain ^a   Stephenson, Randell ^b   Vai, Gian Battista ^c   Vachard, Daniel ^d   Le Nindre, Yves ^e   Vaslet, Denis ^e   Fauvel, Pierre Jean ^a   Süss, Peter ^f   Kossovaya, Olga ^g   Chen, Zhongquiang ^h   Maslo, Alexander ⁱ   Stovba, Serguei ^j  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Dipartimento Scienze Geologiche   (Italy)

^d UNIV LILLE   (France)

^e BRGM   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^g A P KARPINSKY RUSSIAN GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^h NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

ⁱ National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine   (Ukraine)

^j Ukrgeofyzika   (Ukraine)

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Author keywords

Carboniferous; CIS; Europe; Permian; Sequences; USA

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; GONDWANA; PERMIAN; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TETHYS;

(NORTH); AFRICA; CHINA; EUROPE; SAUDI ARABIA; UNITED STATES;

SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; STEPHANIA; VIRGILIA;

EID: 0038379308     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00313-4     Document Type: Article

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