Sequence stratigraphy of the Middle Devonian at the border of the Michigan basin: Correlations with New York and implications for sea-level change and paleogeography

Northeastern Geology and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 2-33

  Bartholomew, Alexander J ^a   Brett, Carlton E ^a   DeSantis, Michael ^a   Baird, Gordon C ^b   Tsujita, Cameron ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

MICHIGAN BASIN; NORTH AMERICA;

ANTHOZOA; JUGLANS CINEREA; PRUNUS DOMESTICA;

EID: 33645636388     PISSN: 01941453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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