Eustatic signals in deep-marine sedimentary sequences recovered at ODP Site 978, Alboran Basin, western Mediterranean Sea

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 378-390

  Marsaglia, Kathleen M ^a   Fukusawa, Hitoshi ^b   Cornell, Winton C ^c   Skilbeck, C G ^d   Meyers, Philip A ^e   Prasad, Manika ^f   Klaus, Adam ^g  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SIGNAL RECONSTRUCTION; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

COMPOSITE SECTIONS; MARINE SEDIMENTS; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; REFERENCE STANDARD; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; SEDIMENTARY CYCLES; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

SEA LEVEL;

EUSTACY; MARINE SEDIMENT; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PLIOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ALBORAN BASIN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 2542505582     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/092403740378     Document Type: Article

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