Cyclostratigraphic record of the Triassic: A critical examination

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 334, Issue , 2010, Pages 119-137

  Tanner, Lawrence H ^a  

^a LE MOYNE COLLEGE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITION; ECCENTRICITY; MILANKOVITCH CYCLE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONIC SETTING; TRIASSIC;

EID: 77956045305     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP334.6     Document Type: Article

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