Evidence of sea-level fall in sequence stratigraphy: Examples from the Jurassic

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 343-346

  Hallam, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; STRATIGRAPHY;

CONSOLIDATED ROCKS; MARINE TRANSGRESSION; MAXIMUM FLOODING SURFACES; RELATIVE SEA-LEVEL CHANGES; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SEQUENCE-BOUNDING UNCONFORMITIES; SILICICLASTIC SEDIMENTS;

SEA LEVEL;

JURASSIC; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 84874988987     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0343:EOSLFI>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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