Chapter 42 High-Resolution Heavy Mineral- and Magnetostratigraphy; a Powerful Tool for Subdivision and Correlation of Barren Successions: An Example from the Sherwood Sandstone Group (Triassic) of the East Irish Sea Basin and Surrounding Areas

Developments in Sedimentology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2007, Pages 1073-1097

  Mange, Maria A ^a   Turner, Peter ^b   Ince, David ^c   Wright, David T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c PETRONAS CARIGALI SDN BHD   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

correlation; high resolution heavy mineral analysis; magnetopolarity; magnetostratigraphy; red beds; zonation

Indexed keywords

EID: 44349085896     PISSN: 00704571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0070-4571(07)58042-8     Document Type: Review

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