Is there a role for sequence stratigraphy in chronostratigraphy?

Stratigraphy

Volumn 4, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 217-229

  Christie Blick, Nicholas ^a   Pekar, Stephen F ^a,b   Madof, Andrew S ^a  

^a International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 34548714266     PISSN: 00262803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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