A modified Waldron test based on sliding skewness for determining asymmetric cycle in a turbidite section

Geosciences Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 171-177

  Mukhopadhyay, Basab ^a   Chakraborty, Partha Pratim ^b   Majumder, Tapan ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^b INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES   (India)

Author keywords

Andaman flysch; Asymmetric cyclicity; Sliding skewness; Turbidite; Waldron test; Z value

Indexed keywords

EID: 56249123319     PISSN: 12264806     EISSN: 15987477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02910192     Document Type: Article

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