Amanz Gressly's role in founding modern stratigraphy

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1617-1630

  Cross, Timothy A ^a   Homewood, Peter W ^b  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; MASS CONSERVATION; PALEOGEOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT TRANSFERS; SEDIMENTARY FACIES; SPACE-TIME CONTINUUM; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT;

DEPOSITION;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BYPRODUCT; DIFFERENTIATION; FOSSIL RECORD; MARKER BED; PALEONTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; FACIES; GRESSLY, A.; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 84874970019     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<1617:AGSRIF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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