Hierarchy of sedimentary discontinuity surfaces and condensed beds from the middle Paleozoic of eastern North America: Implications for cratonic sequence stratigraphy

Special Paper - Geological Association of Canada

Volumn , Issue 48, 2008, Pages 175-200

  McLaughlin, Patrick I ^a   Brett, Carlton E ^b   Wilson, Mark A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c 931 College Mall   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DISCONTINUITY; INLAND SEA; PALEOZOIC; REWORKING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 59649086906     PISSN: 00721042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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