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A quantitative analysis of an Upper Westphalian fluviodeltaic succession and a comparison with earlier Westphalian deposits in the Kent Coalfield

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

W. A. Read
W. A. Read
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Institute of Geological Sciences Keyworth, Notts. NG12 5GG
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Summary

The Upper Westphalian succession in the National Coal Board's Eastling Wood Borehole, 1976 ‘TR 6303 1472’ has been analysed in terms of upward-fining and upward-coarsening semicycles, transition probabilities and entropies. This analysis confirms that the succession can be divided into a lower coal facies, which like the earlier Westphalian deposits of Kent was laid down dominantly in deltas but which includes numerous channel-fills, and an upper channel facies laid down in a more upstream fluvial environment.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 116 , Issue 6 , November 1979 , pp. 431 - 443
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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