Sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy of a pronounced Early Ordovician sea-level fall on Baltica - The Bjørkåsholmen Formation in Norway and Sweden

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 224, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 1-14

  Egenhoff, Sven ^a   Cassle, Chris ^a   Maletz, Jörg ^b   Frisk, Åsa M ^c   Ebbestad, Jan Ove R ^d   Stübner, Konstanze ^e  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baltica; Cool water carbonate; Deepening upward cycles; Sequence stratigraphy; Tectonically enhanced lowstand

Indexed keywords

AVALONIA; BALTICA; BIOTURBATION; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; EUSTACY; FACIES; LOWSTAND; MILANKOVITCH CYCLE; ORDOVICIAN; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SYSTEMS TRACT;

CALEDONIDES; NORWAY; SWEDEN;

EID: 77649191561     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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