Correlation of Eocene-Oligocene marine and continental records: Orbital cyclicity, magnetostratigraphy and sequence stratigraphy of the Solent Group, Isle of Wight, UK

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 401-415

  Gale, A S ^a,b   Huggett, J M ^b   Palike H ^c   Laurie, E ^a   Hailwood, E A ^d   Hardenbol, J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Core Magnetics ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e GSC Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; OLIGOCENE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; ISLE OF WIGHT; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33644764898     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764903-175     Document Type: Article

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