Middle Devonian sedimentary cycles and sequences in the northern Appalachian Basin

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 306, Issue , 1996, Pages 213-241

  Brett, Carlton E ^a   Baird, Gordon C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT FREDONIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COARSENING; DEPOSITS; FLOODS; LIME; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PYRITES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

ACCOMMODATION SPACE; CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA; LARGE-SCALE SEQUENCES; MAXIMUM FLOODING SURFACES; REGIONAL VARIATION; SAND CONCENTRATIONS; SEDIMENT STARVATION; SEDIMENTARY CYCLES;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

CYCLICITY; DEPOCENTER; DEVONIAN; FLOODING; FORELAND BASIN; LIMESTONE; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; PARASEQUENCE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SHELL BED;

APPALACHIAN BASIN; CANADA; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; ONTARIO [CANADA]; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870799037     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2306-X.213     Document Type: Article

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