Mediterranean contributions to cyclostratigraphy and astrochronology

Sedimentology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-94

  Fischer, Alfred G ^a   Hilgen, Frederik J ^b   Garrison, Robert E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrochronology; Cyclostratigraphy; Orbital variations; Precession eccentricity syndrome

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CHRONOLOGY; CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY; ECCENTRICITY; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; ORBITAL FORCING; PRECESSION; SHALLOW WATER;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 58149181539     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2008.01011.x     Document Type: Article

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