Sequence stratigraphy of a Late Devonian ramp-situated reef system in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin: Dynamic responses to sea-level change and regressive reef development

Sedimentology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 321-359

  MacNeil, Alex J ^a   Jones, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Devonian; Highstand shedding; Ramp; Reefs; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

STROMATOPOROIDA;

EID: 33644790227     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2005.00767.x     Document Type: Article

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