Subaerial exposure unconformities on the Vercors carbonate platform (SE France) and their sequence stratigraphic significance

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 104, Issue , 1996, Pages 295-320

  Fouke, Bruce W ^a   Everts, Arnout Jan W ^b   Zwart, Erik W ^a   Schlager, Wolfgang ^e   Smalley, P C ^c   Weissert, Helmut ^d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Koninklijke Shell Explor P   (Netherlands)

^c BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e NONE

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EID: 5244222990     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.104.01.17     Document Type: Article

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