From cyclothems to sequences: The record of eustasy and climate on an icehouse epeiric platform (Pennsylvanian-Permian, North American Midcontinent)

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-30

  Olszewski, Thomas D ^a   Patzkowsky, Mark E ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOTHEM; EUSTACY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY; PENNSYLVANIAN; PERMIAN; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY;

NORTH AMERICA;

DEPOSITION; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SEA LEVEL; STRATIGRAPHY; WAREHOUSES;

CARBONATE DEPOSITION; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HIGHSTAND SYSTEMS TRACT; HUMID CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; STRATIGRAPHIC RECORDS; TRANSGRESSIVE SYSTEMS TRACTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 0345099592     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/061002730015     Document Type: Article

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