Silurian sequence stratigraphy of the Carnic Alps, Austria

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 279, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 1-28

  Brett, Carlton E ^a   Ferretti, Annalisa ^b   Histon, Kathleen ^b   Schönlaub, Hans Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Appalachian Foreland Basin; Basin dynamics; Carnic Alps; Eustasy; Sequence stratigraphy; Silurian

Indexed keywords

BASIN ANALYSIS; BIOZONATION; CARBONATE; EUSTACY; FORELAND BASIN; PALEOMAGNETISM; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILURIAN; STRATIGRAPHY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

CORONOGRAPTUS CYPHUS; CYRTOGRAPTUS RIGIDUS; GOTHOGRAPTUS NASSA; HOMERIA; ICRIODUS WOSCHMIDTI; KOCKELELLA; MONOGRAPTUS; OZARKODINA; OZARKODINA BOHEMICA; OZARKODINA SAGITTA; POLYGNATHOIDES SILURICUS; PTEROSPATHODUS;

EID: 67549134217     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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