Compaction as a primary control on the architecture and development of depositional sequences: Conceptual framework, applications and implications

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 104, Issue , 1996, Pages 321-345

  Hunt, Dave ^a   Allsop, Tim ^b   Swarbrick, Richard E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 5244307352     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.104.01.18     Document Type: Article

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