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1. 1. Chrome spinel grains from the Komstad Limestone Formation, Killeröd, southern Sweden : a high-resolution study of an increased meteorite flux in the Middle Ordovician

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

   Author : Ellinor Martin; [2014]
   Keywords : chrome spinel; fossil meteorites; Komstad Limestone; winonaites; Middle Ordovician; carbonate sedimentology; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : I mellersta ordovicium var inflödet av kosmiskt material till jorden högre än idag, i sviter-na efter uppbrytningen av den L-kondritiska asteroidkroppen i asteroidbältet mellan Mars och Jupiter, vilket beri-kade den forna havsbottnen med meteoriter och kosmiskt damm. Komstadformationen i Killeröd, Skåne, innehåller ett lager särskilt rikt på L-kondritiska kromitkorn vilket indikerar en hög grad av kondensation. READ MORE

3. 2. 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