Cretaceous sedimentary rocks on the Masirah Ophiolite (Sultanate of Oman): Evidence for an unusual bathymetric history

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 539-551

  Immenhauser, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Oman; Ophiolite; Sedimentary rocks; Transform faults

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; OPHIOLITE; PALAEOBATHYMETRY; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; THERMAL SUBSIDENCE;

OMAN;

EID: 0030465976     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.153.4.0539     Document Type: Article

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