The lost Lower Old Red Sandstone of England and Wales: A record of post-Iapetan flexure or Early Devonian transtension?

Geological Magazine

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 627-647

  Soper, N J ^a,b   Woodcock, N H ^c  

^a Gams Bank   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acadian; Devonian; Lamprophyre; Old Red Sandstone; Transtension

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINITY; FAULTING; FLOCCULATION; RECYCLING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

ACADIAN; DEVONIANS; LAMPROPHYRE; RED SANDSTONE; TRANSTENSION;

SANDSTONE;

ACADIAN; DEFORMATION; DEVONIAN; FLEXURE; LAMPROPHYRE; SANDSTONE; TRANSTENSION;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1342308678     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756803008380     Document Type: Article

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