Sequential architecture and cyclicity in Permian desert deposits, Brodick Beds, Arran, Scotland

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 677-683

  Frederiksen, K S ^a,b   Clemmensen, L B ^a   Lawaetz H S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLICITY; DESERT DEPOSIT; PERMIAN; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

UK, SCOTLAND;

EID: 0031707514     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.155.4.0677     Document Type: Article

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