Lower carboniferous shelf carbonate palaeo-environments in North Wales
The Lower Carboniferous (Asbian and Lower Brigantian) of North Wales in the vicinity of Llangollen and Oswestry, records the deposition of about 40 shelf carbonate regressive cycles during a gradual transgression onto the north eastern flanks of the Anglo-Welsh Landmass (St Georges Land). This seque...
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University of Newcastle Upon Tyne
1981
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| Summary: | The Lower Carboniferous (Asbian and Lower Brigantian) of North Wales in the vicinity of Llangollen and Oswestry, records the deposition of about 40 shelf carbonate regressive cycles during a gradual transgression onto the north eastern flanks of the Anglo-Welsh Landmass (St Georges Land). This sequence was deposited during the major eustatic cycles (mesothems) D5a to D6b. |
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