The Mesozoic and Early Tertiary tectonic evolution of the Socotra area, eastern Gulf of Aden, Yemen

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 675-684

  Birse, A C R ^a   Bott, W F ^a,b   Morrison, J ^a,c   Samuel, M A ^a  

^a British Gas Exploration and Production   (United Kingdom)

^b United Meridian International   (United States)

^c Ranger House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Indian Ocean; Jurassic rifting; Socotran Platform; Tectonic evolution

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE MINERALS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MAPPING; SEISMOLOGY;

PLATFORMS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; YEMEN;

TECTONICS;

JURASSIC; MESOZOIC; RIFTING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERTIARY;

ARABIAN SEA, GULF OF ADEN, SOCOTRA; YEMEN;

EID: 0031225175     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8172(96)00043-8     Document Type: Article

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