Synrift continental to marine depositional sequences, tertiary, Gulf of Aden, Yemen

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 766-777

  Bosence, Dan ^a   Nichols, Gary ^a   Al Subbary, Abdul Karim ^a,b   Al Thour, Khalid A ^b   Reeder, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATION; DEPOSITS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTATION; SPACE PLATFORMS;

ACCOMMODATION SPACE; CARBONATE PLATFORMS; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCES; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; RELATIVE SEA-LEVEL CHANGES; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ARCHITECTURE;

FAULTING;

CARBONATE PLATFORM; FAN DELTA; RIFTING; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; TERTIARY;

YEMEN;

EID: 0030454291     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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