Facies analysis of a glaciomarine sequence, the Neoproterozoic Mirbat Sandstone Formation, Sultanate of Oman

Ecologae Geologicae Helvetiae

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-70

  Kellerhals, Philipp ^a   Matter, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Facies; Glaciation; Mirbat Formation; Neoproterozoic; Oman; Sedimentology

Indexed keywords

FACIES ANALYSIS; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

OMAN;

EID: 0038080936     PISSN: 00129402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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