Cyclostratigraphy, orbital tuning and inferred productivity for the type Kimmeridge Clay (Late Jurassic), Southern England

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 655-666

  Weedon, Graham P ^a   Coe, Angela L ^a   Gallois, Ramues W ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyclostratigraphy; Dorset; Kimmeridgian; Mudrock; Productivity

Indexed keywords

CLAY; CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY; JURASSIC; KIMMERIDGIAN; OBLIQUITY; ORBITAL FORCING; PRECESSION;

DORSET [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 3142765643     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764903-073     Document Type: Article

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