Carbon isotope stratigraphy of the upper Kharaib and Shuaiba formations: Implications for the early cretaceous evolution of the Arabian Gulf region

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 647-661

  Vahrenkamp, Volker C ^a,b  

^a SHELL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b PEL/33 ^*  (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBONATES; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; LIMESTONE; OXYGEN; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTS;

ARABIAN GULF REGION; CARBON ISOTOPE STRATIGRAPHY; CARBONATE DEPOSITION; CRETACEOUS EVOLUTION; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PELAGIC LIMESTONE; SHALLOW MARINE CARBONATES;

STRATIGRAPHY;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; CRETACEOUS; STRATIGRAPHY;

ARABIAN GULF;

EID: 0029667703     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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