Organic facies development within Middle Jurassic coal seams, Danish Central Graben, and evidence for relative sea-level control on peat accumulation in a coastal plain environment

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 106, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 259-277

  Petersen, H I ^a   Andsbjerg, J ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL; COASTAL PLAIN; FACIES DISTRIBUTION; JURASSIC; PEAT; SEA LEVEL VARIATION;

NORTH SEA, SOGNE BASIN;

EID: 0030455872     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(96)00015-2     Document Type: Article

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