Reappraisal of the sequence boundary in time and space: Case and considerations for an SU (subaerial unconformity) that is not a sediment bypass surface, a time barrier, or an unconformity

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 113, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 271-302

  Holbrook, John M ^a   Bhattacharya, Janok P ^b  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Robert E Sheriff Professor of Sequence Stratigraphy   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronostratigraphy; Fluvial; Sequence boundary; Unconformity; Valley

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; MARINE SEDIMENT; SANDSTONE; SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; SUBAERIAL EXPOSURE; UNCONFORMITY; VALLEY;

LACUNA;

EID: 84864759610     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2012.03.006     Document Type: Review

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