Eo-Ulrichian to Neo-Ulrichian views: The renaissance of "layer-cake stratigraphy"

Stratigraphy

Volumn 4, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 201-215

  Brett, Carlton E ^a   McLaughlin, Patrick I ^b   Baird, Gordon C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EVENT STRATIGRAPHY; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

NEPTUNIA;

EID: 34548802012     PISSN: 00262803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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