Evidence for Middle Oligocene rifting of the Gulf of Aden and for Late Oligocene rifting of the southern Red Sea

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 354-358

  Hughes, G Wyn ^a   Varol, Osman ^a   Beydoun, Ziad R ^b  

^a Robertson Laboratories   (United Kingdom)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

biostratigraphy; Gulf of Aden rifting; Red Sea rifting

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; EXPLORATORY WELL; MARINE SEDIMENT; OLIGOCENE; RIFTING;

GULF OF ADEN; RED SEA;

EID: 0026296179     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0264-8172(91)90088-I     Document Type: Article

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