Facies architecture of the Stuttgart Formation (Schilfsandstein, Upper Triassic), central Germany, and its comparison with modern Ganga system, India

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 297, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 110-128

  Shukla, Uma Kant ^a   Bachmann, Gerhard H ^b   Singh, Indra B ^c  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

Author keywords

Carnian; Germany; Modern analogue; Palaeogeography; Sedimentology; Stuttgart Formation; Triassic

Indexed keywords

CARNIAN; DEPOSITION; FACIES; FLASH FLOOD; MUDSTONE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

GERMANY; INDIA; THURINGIA;

EID: 77956877351     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.07.019     Document Type: Article

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