Facies sequences of the Middle-Upper Jurassic carbonate platform (Amran Group) in the Sana'a region, Republic of Yemen

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 643-660

  Al Thour, Khalid A ^a  

^a SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

Amran Group; Facies; Jurassic; Yemen

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE MINERALS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

YEMEN;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

CARBONATE PLATFORM; JURASSIC; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTARY FACIES; STRATIGRAPHY;

YEMEN, SANA'A;

EID: 0031225092     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8172(97)00030-5     Document Type: Article

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