Variable alluvial sandstone architecture within the Lower Old Red Sandstone, southwest Wales

Geological Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 257-275

  Williams, Brian P J ^a   Hillier, Robert D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anglo Welsh Basin; Fluvial sandstones; Lower Old Red Sandstone; Pembrokeshire; Sandstone body architecture

Indexed keywords

FACIES ANALYSIS; OLD RED SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PEMBROKESHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 4644257590     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.993     Document Type: Article

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