Comparative sequence stratigraphy of two classic Upper Ordovician successions, Trenton Shelf (New York-Ontario) and Lexington Platform (Kentucky-Ohio): Implications for eustasy and local tectonism in eastern Laurentia

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 210, Issue 2-4, 2004, Pages 295-329

  Brett, Carlton E ^a   McLaughlin, Patrick I ^a   Cornell, Sean R ^a   Baird, Gordon C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT FREDONIA   (United States)

Author keywords

far field tectonics; Laurentia; Ordovician; Paleogeography; Sequence stratigraphy; Taconic Orogeny

Indexed keywords

EUSOCIALITY; LAURENTIA; ORDOVICIAN; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TECTONICS;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CESTRUM; CINCINNATIA;

EID: 3242877254     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.02.038     Document Type: Conference Paper

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