Field observations from the Socotran platform: Their interpretation and correlation to Southern Oman

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 661-673

  Samuel, M Andrew ^a   Harbury, Neil ^b   Bott, Rick ^c   Thabet, Abdul Manan ^c  

^a Gas Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c British Gas Yemen Ltd   (Yemen)

Author keywords

Gulf of Aden rifting; Socotra; Stratigraphic evolution

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE MINERALS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; TECTONICS;

MARINE TRANSGRESSION; STRATIGRAPHIC EVOLUTION;

STRATIGRAPHY;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; MESOZOIC; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; RIFTING; TERTIARY;

ARABIAN SEA, GULF OF ADEN, SOCOTRA; OMAN;

EID: 0031225179     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0264-8172(96)00033-5     Document Type: Article

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