A playa deposit of pre-Yellow Sands age (upper Rotliegend/Weissliegend) in the Permian of northeast England

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 114, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 305-319

  Turner, Brian R ^a   Smith, Denys B ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Durham; Permian; Playa deposit; Pre Yellow Sands

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FACIES DISTRIBUTION; PERMIAN; PLAYA;

NORTH SEA; UK, ENGLAND, COUNTY DURHAM;

EID: 0031419494     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(97)00064-X     Document Type: Article

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