How to use stratigraphic terminology in papers, illustrations, and talks

Stratigraphy

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 106-116

  Owen, Donald E ^a  

^a LAMAR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIOZONATION; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TERMINOLOGY; TIMESCALE;

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