Permo-Triassic Lacustrine Deposits in the Eastern Karoo Basin, Natal, South Africa

Modern and Ancient Lake Sediments

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 225-239

  Van Dijk, D E ^a,b   Hobday, D K ^a,b,c   Tankard, A J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Diachronous relationship between Ecca and Beaufort Groups; Permo Triassic lacustrine deposits; Substrate highly reducing, with plant decay generating anaerobic conditions.favouring the formation of pyrite; The Clarens Formation (Cave sedimentation); Trace fossils paired arthropod tracks, burrows and trails of sediment ingesting organisms

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; FISH; PYRITES; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS;

COARSE-GRAINED SEDIMENTS; DIACHRONOUS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ECCA AND BEAUFORT GROUPS; DISTRIBUTARY CHANNELS; FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLUVIAL SEDIMENTATIONS; LACUSTRINE DEPOSITS; THE CLARENS FORMATION (CAVE SEDIMENTATION); TRACE FOSSILS;

LAKES;

EID: 84955165439     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444303698.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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