Lower Devonian alluvial fan deposits on the Brno - Červený kopec

• Authors: NEHYBA Slavomír; LEICHMANN Jaromír
• Year of publication: 2003
• Type: Article in Proceedings
• Conference: Alluvial Fans - Abstracts
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Field: Geology and mineralogy
• Keywords: Alluvial fan; facies
• Description: Lower Devonian monomict-quartzose conglomerates and sandstones on the Brno-Červený kopec are interpreted as the deposits of an alluvial fan built by catstrophic sheetfloods. Five lithofacies have been recognised within the logged profile.

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