Journal article
Harry Eugene Wheeler (1907-1987): A pioneer of sequence stratigraphy
Abstract
Harry Eugene Wheeler (1907-1987) of the University of Washington was a pioneer of genetic stratigraphic principles that form the basis of our modern concept of sequence stratigraphy. Wheeler's papers on what he liked to refer to as "stratology" included the classification of stratigraphic units into lithostratigraphic and biostratigraphic entities, as well as cyclothems, unconformity-bounded units, and the analysis of base-level and its role in …
Authors
Pemberton SG; Bhattacharya JP; MacEachern JA; Pemberton EAL
Journal
Stratigraphy, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 95–110
Publication Date
January 1, 2016
ISSN
1547-139X