A highstand oolitic sequence and associated facies from a Late Triassic lake basin, south-west England

Sedimentology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 187-209

  Milroy, Paul G ^c   Wright, V Paul ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

England; Lacustrine; Late Triassic; Oolite; Palaeoclimate

Indexed keywords

LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; OOLITE; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TRIASSIC;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034092156     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.2000.00288.x     Document Type: Article

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