High-frequency cycles and their sequence stratigraphic context: Orbital forcing and tectonic controls on Devonian cyclicity, Belgium

Geologica Belgica

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 213-240

  Tucker, Maurice ^a   Garland, Joanna ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CAMBRIDGE CARBONATES LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Belgium; Devonian; Fischer plots; Limestones; Metre scale cycles; Orbital forcing; Parasequences; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053253876     PISSN: 13748505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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