Clastic facies models, a personal perspective

Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 101-115

  Reading, Harold G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Process and environmental facies models; Sedimentary facies; Sequence stratigraphy

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EID: 77951891262     PISSN: 00116297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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