Interaction between aeolian, fluvial and playa environments in the Permian Upper Rotliegend Group, UK southern North Sea

Sedimentology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 171-187

  Sweet, M L ^a,b  

^a BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^b BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeolian; Fluvial; Permian; Playa; Rotliegend

Indexed keywords

EOLIAN DEPOSIT; FLUVIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PERMIAN; PLAYA; ROTLIEGENDES;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0032996985     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1999.00211.x     Document Type: Article

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