Testing for eustatic sea-level control in the Precambrian sedimentary record

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 176, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 9-16

  Miall, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eustasy; Precambrian; Sea level change

Indexed keywords

EUSTACY; PRECAMBRIAN; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 17544366688     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2004.03.014     Document Type: Article

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