New Insights into Regional Correlation and Sedimentology, Arab Formation (Upper Jurassic), Offshore Abu Dhabi

GeoArabia

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 6-27

  Al Silwadi, Mohammed S ^a   Kirkham, Anthony ^b   Simmons, Michael D ^c   Twombley, Bryan N ^d  

^a ADNOC   (United Arab Emirates)

^b ADCO   (United Arab Emirates)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d Ditton Petrographic Consultancy

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; JURASSIC; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, ABU DHABI;

EID: 0030390009     PISSN: 10256059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/geoarabia010106     Document Type: Conference Paper

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