Essays about: "Limestone quarry"

Showing result 16 - 18 of 18 essays containing the words Limestone quarry.

  1. 16. Upper Cambrian trilobite faunas and biostratigraphy at Kakeled on Kinnekulle, Västergötland, Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Fredrik Terfelt; [2000]
    Keywords : Arthropoda; Trilobita; Brachiopoda; taxonomy; biostratigraphy; alum shale; Upper Cambrian; Kakeled; Kinnekulle; Västergötland; Sweden; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Upper Cambrian strata are well exposed in an old quarry at Kakeled on south-western Kinnekulle, south-central Sweden. The exposures consist of finely laminated alum shale with lenses and beds of dark grey limestone (stinkstone or orsten), and a few thin layers of sandstone. A 6. READ MORE

  3. 17. Trilobites and bradoriid arthropods from the Middle and Upper Cambrian at Gudhem in Västergötland, Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Anders Bengtsson; [1999]
    Keywords : Arthropoda; Trilobita; Bradoriida; taxonomy; biostratigraphy; Middle Cambrian; Västergötland; Sweden; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Middle and basal Upper Cambrian strata are well exposed in an old quarry at Gudhem in the Falbygden area of Västergötland, south-central Sweden. The exposures consist of finely laminated alum shale with scattered stinkstone (orsten) lenses, up to 2.3 m in diameter. READ MORE

  4. 18. Petrology and depositional history of the Campanian strata at Maltesholm, Scania, southern Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Olof Sandström; [1994]
    Keywords : Kristianstad basin; Maltesholm; Campanian; grainstone; facies; storm sediments; hummocky cross bedding; conglomerates; shallow marine environment; rudists; belemnites; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Campanian sediments of the Maltesholm quarry consist of mostly coarse grained, poorly consolidated, ruditic grainstones, almost free of micrite and lime mud, with interbedded clay horizons. The main constituents of the grainstones are coralline algae and quartz. READ MORE