The Zechstein Facies in Europe

This book reports new developments in research on the Zechstein basin which is one of the classical saline giants. Recently much information was gathered which changes earlier ideas on the deposition and diagenesis of the Zechstein basin.

List of contents

Cyclic carbonate and sulphate from the Upper Permian Karstryggen Formation, East Greenland.- The upper permian (Zechstein) tunstall reef of North East England: Palaeoecology and early diagenesis.- Dissolution effects and reef-like features in the Zechstein across the Mid North Sea High.- Regional salt movement effects in the English Southern Zechstein Basin.- Facies and geochemical aspects of the Dolomite-Anhydrite Transition Zone (Zechstein 1-2) in the Batum-13 well, northern Jutland, Denmark: A key to the evolution of the Norwegian-Danish Basin.- Sedimentology and facies development of the stassfurt main dolomite in some wells of the South Oldenburg region (Weser-Ems area, NW Germany).- The Zechstein sulphates: The state of the art.- Palaeogeography and sedimentary model of the Kupferschiefer in Poland.- Sedimentary facies in the Oldest Rock Salt (Na1) of the Leba elevation (northern Poland).- The Zechstein (upper permian) Main Dolomite deposits of the Leba elevation, northern Poland: Diagenesis.- The peritidal sabkha type stromatolites of the platy dolomite (Ca3) of the Leba Elevation (north Poland).

Product details

• Assisted by: Tadeus M Peryt (Editor), Tadeusz M Peryt (Editor), Tadeusz M. Peryt (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1987
• EAN: 9783540177104
• ISBN: 978-3-540-17710-4
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 240 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 540 g
• Illustrations: V, 272 p.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences; Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology