Sequence stratigraphy of a Paleogene coal bearing rim syncline: Interplay of salt dynamics and sea-level changes, Schöningen, Germany

Basin Research

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 675-708

  Osman, Ariana ^a   Pollok, Lukas ^a   Brandes, Christian ^a   Winsemann, Jutta ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL SEAM; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EOCENE; MILANKOVITCH CYCLE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOGENE; SALT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SYNCLINE; TRANSGRESSION;

GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY; SCHONINGEN;

EID: 84887628232     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bre.12021     Document Type: Article

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