Sequence stratigraphy of coastal alluvial plain Westphalian B Coal Measures in Northumberland and the southern North Sea

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-62

  O'Mara, Peter T ^a   Turner, Brian R ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coal Measures sequence stratigraphy; Southern North Sea; Westphalian B

Indexed keywords

SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

SANDSTONE; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

COAL DEPOSITS;

CARBONIFEROUS; COAL MEASURES; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; WESTPHALIAN;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0033507382     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-5162(99)00028-2     Document Type: Article

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