The enigma of fine-grained alluvial basin fills: The Permo-Triassic (Cumbrian Coastal and Sherwood Sandstone Groups) of the Solway Basin, NW England and SW Scotland

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 282-296

  Brookfield, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

England; Permo Triassic; Scotland; Sedimentology; Solway Basin; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ARID ENVIRONMENT; BASIN FILL; EOLIAN PROCESS; PERMIAN; TRIASSIC;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOLWAY BASIN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2442589481     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-004-0381-z     Document Type: Article

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