The correlation potential of magnetic susceptibility and outcrop gamma-ray logs at Tournaisian-Viséan boundary sections in Western Europe

Geologica Belgica

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 291-308

  Bábek, Ondřej ^a,b   Kalvoda, Jiří ^a   Aretz, Markus ^c   Cossey, Patrick J ^d   Devuyst, François Xavier ^e   Herbig, Hans Georg ^f   Sevastopulo, George ^g  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^d STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e Parc Scientifique Athena   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^g TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Carboniferous; Deep marine sediments; Foraminifer biostratigraphy; Outcrop logging techniques; Sealevel changes

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954583834     PISSN: 13748505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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