Talk:Red beds

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The current explanation of redbeds mentions that redbeds have economic signifcance for their association with petroleum and gas deposits.

Redbeds are also close associates with the copper deposit type having the largest reserves of copper (and associated metals), known as Sediment-hosted Stratiform Copper Deposits. Prime examples are those of the Central African Copperbelt (in The Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia) and the Kupferschiefer deposits of Poland and Germany. The associated diagenetic redbeds are generally considered to have been the source of the copper.