Oxfordian

Oxfordian

[äks′fȯr·dē·ən]
(geology)
A European stage of geologic time, in the Upper Jurassic (above Callovian, below Kimmeridgean). Also known as Divesian.
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Masterpiece: Part I", (The Oxfordian, Volume VII, 2004), p.
Know Thyself: Patterns of Anagnorisis in the Dramatic Expression of Euripides, Shakespeare and Wole Soyinka
Sayers employs classical, medieval, and Christian, analogies to express her vision and interpretations of the Oxfordian academic world built upon the literary devices of allegory, symbolism, and metaphor.
ALLEGORICAL REFERENCE TO OXFORD UNIVERSITY THROUGH CLASSICAL MYTH IN THE EARLY POETRY OF DOROTHY L. SAYERS: A READING OF "ALMA MATER" FROM OP. I
Ground penetrating radar application in a shallow marine Oxfordian limestone sequence located on the eastern flank of the Paris Basin, NE France.
Ground-penetrating radar and electrical resistivity tomography for mapping bedrock topography and fracture zones: a case study in Viru-Nigula, NE Estonia/Aluspohja reljeefi ja rikkevoondite kaardistamine georadari ning eritakistuse tomograafiaga Viru-Nigulas (Kirde-Eestis)
Oxfordian ramp system (La Manga formation) in the Bardas Blancas area (Mendoza Province) NeuquOn Basin, Argentina, Facies and depositional sequences, Sedimentary Geology, 195, 113-134.
Biostratigraphy, depositional environment and sequence stratigraphy of Late Cretaceous clastic-evaporite-carbonate deposits, east of Central Iran, Bajestan
The objective of the present study was (1) to explore the extension of the Plio-Quaternary aquifer to the west and (2) to investigate the groundwater possibilities of the Oxfordian sandstones under the Maghnia plain using an integration of aeromagnetic and vertical electrical sounding (VES) data.
Combining Resistivity and Aeromagnetic Geophysical Surveys for Groundwater Exploration in the Maghnia Plain of Algeria
Faulkner wasn't the only Oxfordian who yearned to sail.
Faulkner and the ring dove
With their elegant Oxfordian accents, how could they understand my yearning for the hotrod, hotdog, hot flash vocabulary of the U.S.
Euphoric stew
Rate and synchronicity of environmental changes on a shallow carbonate platform (Late Oxfordian Swiss Jura Mountains).
CARBON 13 AND OXYGEN 18 ISOTOPE RECORD OF THE EARLY EOCENE NAMMAL FORMATION SALT RANGE PAKISTAN
It is Callovian and Oxfordian in age and reaches a thickness of more than 300 feet in the basinal area between the Ghawar and Khurais Fields.
Retiring old fields

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