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Upper Triassic depositional environments at Lunnom, northwest Scania

Svensson, Erik (1989) In Dissertations in Geology at Lund University
Department of Geology
Abstract
The mid-Rhaetic sequence at Lunnom, with coal and kaolinitic clays, indicates partly deltaic environments affected by alluvial processes during humid conditions. Of special interest is a thin bed of sandstone with coarse, angular quartz grains. The bed occurs mainly as a covering sheet on top of a heterolithic sequence in the eastern parts of the pit, while it is recognized as isolated dunes inside the heterolithes in the western parts. Lithic trends suggest a palaeotransport direction from southeast towards northwest from continentally influenced source areas. The observed occurence of the bed indicate repeated high energy events. The evental deposition may be explained by crevassing, or due to sediment transport from a nearby alluvial... (More)
The mid-Rhaetic sequence at Lunnom, with coal and kaolinitic clays, indicates partly deltaic environments affected by alluvial processes during humid conditions. Of special interest is a thin bed of sandstone with coarse, angular quartz grains. The bed occurs mainly as a covering sheet on top of a heterolithic sequence in the eastern parts of the pit, while it is recognized as isolated dunes inside the heterolithes in the western parts. Lithic trends suggest a palaeotransport direction from southeast towards northwest from continentally influenced source areas. The observed occurence of the bed indicate repeated high energy events. The evental deposition may be explained by crevassing, or due to sediment transport from a nearby alluvial fan, into areas with differentiated subsidence. (Less)
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author
Svensson, Erik
supervisor
organization
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
geography, geology, Scania, Lunnom, Upper Triassic, mid-Rhaetic, Limbosporites-Rhaetipollis miospore Zone, high energy events, crevasse, non-marine, alluvial plain
publication/series
Dissertations in Geology at Lund University
report number
26
language
English
id
2370943
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2012-03-12 15:53:40
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2012-06-04 11:38:44
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  abstract     = {{The mid-Rhaetic sequence at Lunnom, with coal and kaolinitic clays, indicates partly deltaic environments affected by alluvial processes during humid conditions. Of special interest is a thin bed of sandstone with coarse, angular quartz grains. The bed occurs mainly as a covering sheet on top of a heterolithic sequence in the eastern parts of the pit, while it is recognized as isolated dunes inside the heterolithes in the western parts. Lithic trends suggest a palaeotransport direction from southeast towards northwest from continentally influenced source areas. The observed occurence of the bed indicate repeated high energy events. The evental deposition may be explained by crevassing, or due to sediment transport from a nearby alluvial fan, into areas with differentiated subsidence.}},
  author       = {{Svensson, Erik}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  series       = {{Dissertations in Geology at Lund University}},
  title        = {{Upper Triassic depositional environments at Lunnom, northwest Scania}},
  year         = {{1989}},
}