Stratigraphic evolution and preservation of aeolian dune and damp/wet interdune strata: An example from the Triassic Helsby Sandstone Formation, Cheshire Basin, UK

Sedimentology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 805-833

  Mountney, Nigel P ^a   Thompson, David B ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aeolian; Bedform; Cheshire; Helsby; Interdune; Triassic

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; FACIES; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY; TRIASSIC; WATER TABLE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036671231     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.2002.00472.x     Document Type: Article

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