Volcanic rocks as discriminants in evaluating tectonic versus climatic control on depositional sequences, Permo-Carboniferous continental Saar-Nahe Basin

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 801-808

  Stollhofen, Harald ^a   Frommherz, Bernd ^a   Stanistreet, Ian G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carboniferous; Permian; Saar Nahe Basin; Stratigraphy; Strike slip faults

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; CLIMATE EFFECT; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; PERMIAN; TECTONIC SETTING; VOLCANIC ROCK;

GERMANY;

EID: 0032751357     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.156.4.0801     Document Type: Article

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