High-resolution sequence stratigraphy of a mixed carbonate-siliciclastic, cratonic ramp (Upper Ordovician; Kentucky-Ohio, USA): Insights into the relative influence of eustasy and tectonics through analysis of facies gradients

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 210, Issue 2-4, 2004, Pages 267-294

  McLaughlin, Patrick I ^a   Brett, Carlton E ^a   Taha McLaughlin, Susannah L ^a   Cornell, Sean R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlative conformity; Far field tectonics; K bentonites; Mixed carbonate siliciclastic sequence stratigraphy; Seismites; Trenton; Upper Ordovician

Indexed keywords

EUSTACY; FACIES ANALYSIS; ORDOVICIAN; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 3242888134     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.02.039     Document Type: Conference Paper

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