The sedimentation and paleohydrology of the Mesoproterozoic stream deposits in a strike-slip basin (Svinsaga Formation), Telemark, southern Norway

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 236, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 239-255

  Köykkä, Juha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Braided stream; Lithofacies; Mesoproterozoic; Paleohydrology; Southern Norway; Telemark

Indexed keywords

BRAIDED STREAM; LITHOFACIES; MESOPROTEROZOIC; PALEO-HYDROLOGY; SOUTHERN NORWAY; TELEMARK;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DEBRIS; DEPOSITS; GALLIUM; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; HYDRAULICS; HYDROLOGY; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BEDFORM; BRAIDED RIVER; CONGLOMERATE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LITHOFACIES; MELTWATER; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; UNCONFORMITY;

NORWAY; TELEMARK;

EID: 79952631594     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2011.01.010     Document Type: Article

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