Long-distance correlations by sequence stratigraphy and cyclostratigraphy: Examples and implications (Oxfordian from the Swiss Jura, Spain, and Normandy)

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 852-874

  Pittet, B ^a   Strasser, A ^a  

^a Institut de Geologie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cyclostratigraphy; Normandy; Oxfordian; Sequence stratigraphy; Spain; Stratigraphie correlation; Swiss Jura

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749094802     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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