Magnetostratigraphy susceptibility of the Upper Ordovician Kope Formation, northern Kentucky

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 243, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 42-54

  Ellwood, Brooks B ^a   Brett, Carlton E ^b   MacDonald, William D ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kope Formation; Magnetic susceptibility; Stratigraphic correlation; Upper Ordovician

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAGNETIC MINERAL; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; ORDOVICIAN; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

KENTUCKY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845445277     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.07.003     Document Type: Article

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