Identification of Permian palaeowind direction from wave-dominated lacustrine sediments (Lodève Basin, France)

Sedimentology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 809-825

  Pochat, Stéphane ^a,b   Van Den Driessche, Jean ^a   Mouton, Valérie ^a   Guillocheau, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Lacustrine environment; Palaeoclimate; Palaeowind; Permian; Wave ripple

Indexed keywords

EOLIAN PROCESS; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PERMIAN; WIND DIRECTION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; HERAULT; LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON; LODEVE BASIN; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 27844452869     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2005.00697.x     Document Type: Article

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