Relationship of Silurian sea-level fluctuations to oceanic episodes and events

GFF

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 115-121

  Johnson, Markes E ^a  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemostratigraphy; Eustasy; Oceanic events; Paleocommunities; Paleoshores; Proximality analysis; Silurian system

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; EUSTACY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SILURIAN;

HOMERIA;

EID: 33747765546     PISSN: 11035897     EISSN: 20000863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11035890601282115     Document Type: Article

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