Showing papers in "Earth-Science Reviews in 1985"

TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a new method of analysis for fluvial facies, which subdivides fluvic deposits into local suites consisting of one or more of a set of eight basic three-dimensional architectural elements.

TL;DR: In this paper, an analysis of the environments of formation and of the stratigraphy of recent peats, which formed under cold to cold-temperate climate in Canada, forms the basis for a comparative study and a better understanding of the Permo-Carboniferous coals of Gondwanaland (Brazil, South Africa and Australia).

TL;DR: In this paper, six typical features of rapakivi texture are described and illustrated, each of which is directly attributable to specific interactions in an alternately dynamic and static colloidal system.

TL;DR: A review of recent developments in the field of physical aspects of earthquakes, which encompasses in present-day terminology the analysis of focal dynamics and of catastrophic effects of earthquakes is presented in this paper.