Characterization of permeability distributions in six lithofacies from the Helsby and Wilmslow sandstone formations of the Cheshire Basin, UK

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 263, Issue , 2006, Pages 83-101

  Bloomfield, J P ^a   Moreau, M F ^a   Newell, Andrew J ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE; DUNE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; LITHOFACIES; PERMEABILITY; SABKHA; SANDSTONE;

CHESHIRE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750357173     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.263.01.04     Document Type: Article

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