Tethyan-to-boreal correlation in the Kimmeridgian using high-resolution sequence stratigraphy (Vocontian Basin, Swiss Jura, Boulonnais, Dorset)

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 567-591

  Colombié, Claude ^a   Rameil, N ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyclostratigraphy; Kimmeridgian; Sequence stratigraphy; Tethyan to boreal stratigraphic correlation

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY; KIMMERIDGIAN; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; VOCONTIAN TROUGH; WESTERN EUROPE;

AMMONOIDEA;

EID: 34248631972     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-006-0117-3     Document Type: Article

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