Sedimentary facies and the context of dolocrete in the Lower Triassic Sherwood Sandstone group: Corrib Field west of Ireland

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 187, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 205-227

  Schmid, Susanne ^a   Worden, Richard H ^a   Fisher, Quentin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basin; Corrib; Dolocrete; Palaeoclimate change; Triassic

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BURIAL DIAGENESIS; DOLOMITIZATION; SEDIMENTATION; TRIASSIC;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CORRIB FIELD; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646441157     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.12.028     Document Type: Article

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