A middle Ordovician drowning unconformity on the northeastern flank of the Okcheon (Ogcheon) Belt, South Korea

Gondwana Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 511-528

  Ryu, In Chang ^a   Oh, Chang Whan ^b   Kim, Sung Won ^b  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Drowning unconformity; Intra continental rift basin; Middle Ordovician; Okcheon Belt; South Korea

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONATE PLATFORM; EUSTACY; FACIES ANALYSIS; ORDOVICIAN-SILURIAN BOUNDARY; PALEOKARST; RIFT ZONE; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION; SUBSIDENCE; UNCONFORMITY;

OGCHEON BELT; SOUTH KOREA; TAEBAEKSAN BASIN;

EID: 27644468506     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)71152-7     Document Type: Article

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