New aspects of deformed cross-strata in fluvial sandstones: Examples from Neoproterozoic formations in northern Norway

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 186, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 283-293

  Røe, Signe Line ^a   Hermansen, Marita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fluvial sandstone; Liquefaction; Massive sandstone; Reactivation surface; Recumbent fold; Soft sediment deformation

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LIQUEFACTION; REACTIVATION; SANDSTONE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33645916408     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.11.023     Document Type: Article

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