Extremely distal fluvial sandstone within the playa system of Arnstadt Formation (Norian, Late Triassic), Central Germany

Facies

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 541-554

  Shukla, Umakant K ^a   Bachmann, Gerhard H ^b   Beutler, G ^b   Barnasch, J ^b   Franz, M ^b  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ephemeral river; Flash flood; Germany; Meandering river; Playa system; Triassic (Norian)

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EPHEMERAL STREAM; LITHOFACIES; MEANDER; NORIAN; PLAYA; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; THURINGIA;

EID: 33750620637     PISSN: 01729179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10347-006-0049-1     Document Type: Article

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