The structure and stratigraphy of Jabal Malaqet - Jabal Mundassa area, southeast Al-Ain, Northern Oman Mountains, United Arab Emirates

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 263-284

  Atef Noweir, M ^a   Eloutefi, Nader S ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; ANTICLINE; AUTOCHTHON; EOCENE; FORMATION MECHANISM; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PIGGYBACK BASIN; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TERTIARY; THRUST;

ABU DHABI [UNITED ARAB EMIRATES]; AL AIN; OMAN; OMAN MOUNTAINS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 0008442752     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/204/1997/263     Document Type: Article

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