Glacier-fed(?) sandstone sheets in the Weller Coal Measures (Permian), Allan Hills, Antarctica

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 35-51

  Smith, Norman D ^a   Barrett, Peter J ^b   Woolfe, Ken J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allan Hills; Alluvial deposits; Coal; Fluvial sedimentation; Paludal sedimentation; Weller Coal Measures

Indexed keywords

COAL MEASURES; GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LITHOFACIES; MELTWATER; MIRE; PERMIAN; SANDSTONE;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0031684441     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00006-6     Document Type: Article

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