The Permian Moradi Formation of northern Niger: Paleosol morphology, petrography and mineralogy

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 299, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 200-213

  Tabor, Neil J ^a   Smith, Roger M H ^b   Steyer, J Sébastien ^c   Sidor, Christian A ^d   Poulsen, Christopher J ^e  

^a Roy M Huffington Department of Earth Sciences   (United States)

^b IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Clay mineralogy; Moradi Formation; Niger; Paleoclimate; Paleosols; Permian

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MACROPHYTE; MINERALOGY; MUDSTONE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; PERMIAN; PETROGRAPHY; PHYLLOSILICATE; RHIZOLITH; SANDSTONE; VERTEBRATE;

AGADEZ; NIGER [WEST AFRICA]; TIM MERSOI BASIN;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78650629609     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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