The platform-to-basin transition of the lower Aptian (Shuaiba Formation) of the northeastern Jebel Akhdar (Sultanate of Oman)

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 119, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 297-309

  Masse, Jean Pierre ^a   Borgomano, Jean ^b   Al Maskiry, Salim ^c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b A S Norsk Shell   (Norway)

^c PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT OMAN   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTIAN; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CRETACEOUS; STRATIGRAPHY;

OMAN, JEBEL AKHDAR;

EID: 0031794487     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(98)00068-2     Document Type: Article

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