Sequence stratigraphy of the cyclic successions in the Dumugol Formation (Lower Ordovician), mideast Korea

Geosciences Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 305-324

  Kwon, Yi Kyun ^a,b   Chough, Sung Kwun ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dumugol Formation; Meter scale cycle; Slacking pattern; Taebaeksan Basin; Third order transgressive regressive sequence

Indexed keywords

EID: 30844460128     PISSN: 12264806     EISSN: 15987477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02910319     Document Type: Review

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