Postimpact sediments in the Gardnos impact structure, Norway

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 437, Issue , 2007, Pages 19-41

  Kalleson, E ^a   Dypvik, H ^a   Naterstad, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Breccia; Conglomerates; Gardnos; Infill history; Sandstones

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; DEPOSITION; FLOCCULATION; FLOORS; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

BRECCIA; CONGLOMERATES; CRYSTALLINE BASEMENT; DEPOSITIONAL CONDITION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GARDNOS; ORGANIC-RICH SEDIMENT; THICKNESS VARIATION;

METEOR IMPACTS;

BRECCIA; CRATER; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; IMPACT STRUCTURE; INFILL; PRECAMBRIAN; ROCK AVALANCHE; SUCCESSION; UPLIFT;

NORWAY;

EID: 75749110550     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2008.2437(02)     Document Type: Article

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