Three-dimensional sequence analysis of a subsurface carbonate ramp, Mississippian Appalachian foreland basin, West Virginia, USA

Sedimentology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 357-394

  Wynn, Thomas C ^a   Read, James F ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachian; Carbonate; Mississippian; Ramp; Sequence; Well cuttings

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE RAMP; FACIES ANALYSIS; FORELAND BASIN; GLACIOEUSTACY; MISSISSIPPIAN; MUDSTONE; SANDSTONE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SILTSTONE; SUBSIDENCE; TRANSGRESSION;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 40849114681     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2007.00905.x     Document Type: Article

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