Climatic and geomorphic controls on rift sedimentation: Oligo-Miocene syn-rift facies in the Gulf of Aden, Yemen

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 505-518

  Nichols, G ^a   Watchorn, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LIMESTONE; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

SYN-RIFT SEDIMENTATION;

SEDIMENTATION;

CLIMATE EFFECT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; RIFT ZONE; SEDIMENTATION;

ARABIAN SEA; GULF OF ADEN;

EID: 0032172522     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8172(98)80001-9     Document Type: Article

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