Sediment provenance and dispersal in a deep marine foreland basin: The Lower Carboniferous Culm Basin, Czech Republic

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 137-150

  Hartley, A J ^a   Otava, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Carboniferous; Czech republic; Foreland basins; Turbidite; Variscides

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; DEPOSITION; FORELAND BASIN; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TURBIDITE;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

EID: 0035015215     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs.158.1.137     Document Type: Article

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