Sedimentology of the Gwembe Coal Formation (Permian), Lower Karoo Group, Mid-Zambezi Valley, Southern Zambia

Fluvial Sedimentology VI

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 409-434

  Nyambe, I A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Gwembe coal formation as floodplain depositional system; Lithofacies description; Lower Permian Gwembe Coal Formation; Maamba sandstone; Maamba sandstone facies association; Mudrock facies association; Sedimentology of Gwembe coal formation; Sedimentology of Gwembe Coal Formation (Permian), Lower Karoo Group, mid Zambezi Valley, southern Zambia; Sheet sandstone lithofacies (CFA) as crevasse splay deposits

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); COAL; DEPOSITS; FLOODS; RIVERS; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

COAL FORMATION; FLOOD PLAINS; FLUVIAL DEPOSITION; LITHOFACIES; LOWER PERMIAN; MAXIMUM THICKNESS; MEANDERING STREAMS; ORGANIC DEPOSITS;

COAL DEPOSITS;

EID: 0003045639     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444304213.ch29     Document Type: Chapter

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