The correlation and sequence architecture of the Ormskirk Sandstone Formation in the Triassic Sherwood Sandstone Group of the East Irish Sea Basin, NW England

Geological Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 93-122

  Meadows, Neil S ^a,b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Redrock International Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climatic mediation; Correlation; Fluvial channels; Ormskirk Sandstone Formation; Sequence architecture; Sherwood Sandstone Group; UK Triassic

Indexed keywords

SANDSTONE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TRIASSIC;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IRISH SEA;

EID: 31544450266     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: 10991034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.1034     Document Type: Article

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