Some aspects of the new red desert in britain
作者:
F. W. Shotton,
期刊:
Geological Journal
(WILEY Available online 1956)
卷期:
Volume 1,
issue 5
页码: 450-465
ISSN:0072-1050
年代: 1956
DOI:10.1002/gj.3350010505
出版商: John Wiley&Sons Ltd
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractA number of points of interest and controversy in British Permo‐Trias stratigraphy are discussed. Evidence is put forward to suggest that the location of the British area in relation to the poles was very different from that of the present day. The origin of the red colouration in the dune sands is discussed. An attempt is made to reconstruct the outcrop geology of northern England in New Red times, and from this deductions are drawn about the extent of the Zechstein sea. The nature of the false‐bedding in the dune sands is analysed and conclusions are drawn about the extent of the sand sea and the regional pattern of prevailing winds. The relation between false‐bedding and true dip is discussed in an app
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