The Tórtola Fluvial System: An Analogue for the Upper Gharif of the Sultanate of Oman

GeoArabia

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 325-342

  Silva, Fernando P ^a   Costa E Silva, António ^a   Martinius, Allard W ^b   Weber, Koenraad J ^b  

^a PARTEX CPS

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FLUVIAL SEDIMENT; PERMIAN; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY ARCHITECTURE; TERTIARY;

OMAN; SPAIN, LORANCA BASIN;

EID: 0030429348     PISSN: 10256059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/geoarabia0102325     Document Type: Conference Paper

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