A forward-modelling analysis of the controls on sequence stratigraphical geometries

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 103, Issue , 1996, Pages 9-24

  Burgess, P M ^a,b   Allen, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 5244227734     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.103.01.02     Document Type: Article

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