Early-middle Frasnian (early Late Devonian) sedimentology and magnetic susceptibility of the Ardennes area (Belgium): Identification of severe and rapid sea-level fluctuations

Geologica Belgica

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 319-332

  da Silva, Anne Christine ^a   Yans, Johan ^b   Boulvain, Frédéric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Carbonate mounds; Early middle frasnian; Eustatic fluctuations; Magnetic susceptibility; Punctata Event

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954565761     PISSN: 13748505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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