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

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 198, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 355-358

  Røe, Signe Line ^a   Hermansen, Marita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Allokinetic trigger; Autokinetic trigger; Kolks; Liquefaction; Recumbent fold; Soft sediment deformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248187569     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.11.005     Document Type: Letter

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