Stratal order in Pennsylvanian cyclothems

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1068-1087

  Wilkinson, Bruce H ^a   Merrill, Glen K ^b   Kivett, Steven J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON DOWNTOWN   (United States)

Author keywords

Carboniferous; Cyclothems; Eustasy; Parasequences; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

STRATAL ORDER;

CARBONATES; COMPOSITION; ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY;

SEDIMENTS;

CARBONIFEROUS; CYCLOTHEM; EUSTACY; PARASEQUENCE; PENNSYLVANIAN; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; STRATIGRAPHY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141683729     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B21927.1     Document Type: Article

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