The Botneheia Formation (middle triassic) in Edgeøya and Barentsøya, Svalbard: Lithostratigraphy, facies, phosphogenesis, paleoenvironment

Polish Polar Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 319-364

  Krajewski, Krzysztof P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Botneheia Formation; Facies; Lithostratigraphy; Middle Triassic; Paleoenvironment; Phosphogenesis; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FACIES; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHOSPHOGENESIS; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE; TRIASSIC; UNCONFORMITY;

ARCTIC; BARENTSOYA; EDGEOYA; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 57849147624     PISSN: 01380338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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