Criteria for defining and recognizing the various orders of sequences in outcrop sequence stratigraphy

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 618-629

  Wang, Xunlian ^a,b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Facies belt; Meter scale cyclothem; Microsequence; Milankovitch cycle; Minisequence; Outcrop sequence stratigraphy; Sequence; Subsequence

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CORRELATION METHODS; DEPOSITION;

BASIN FACIES DEPOSITS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEPOSITIONAL FACIES BELTS; MICROSEQUENCES;

STRATIGRAPHY;

CYCLOTHEM; FACIES ANALYSIS; MILANKOVITCH CYCLE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 5044229019     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03yd0195     Document Type: Article

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