Facies architecture variations and seismogenic structures in the Carboniferous-Permian Saar-Nahe Basin (SW Germany): evidence for extension-related transfer fault activity

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 119, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 47-83

  Stollhofen, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN ANALYSIS; CARBONIFEROUS; FACIES ARCHITECTURE; FAULT; PERMIAN;

GERMANY;

EID: 0031663970     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(98)00040-2     Document Type: Article

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