Interplay of tectonics and climate on a transverse fluvial system, Upper Permian, southern Uralian Foreland Basin, Russia

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 127, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 11-29

  Newell, Andrew J ^a   Tverdokhlebov, Valentin P ^b   Benton, Michael J ^c  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b Nauchno Issledovatelskii Inst G   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluvial; Foreland Basin; Permian; Urals

Indexed keywords

PALEOCLIMATE; PERMIAN; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONICS;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0032786270     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(99)00009-3     Document Type: Article

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