Discovery of phosphatic levels with vertebrate remains in the Coniacian-Santonian carbonated sediments of Jabal Abtar: Early episode of the Senonian phosphatogenesis in the Palmyrides (central Syria);Découverte de niveaux phosphatés associés á des restesde vertébrés dans les dépôts carbonatés du Coniacien-Santoniendu Jabal Abtar : Épisode précoce de la phosphatogenèsesénonienne des Palmyrides (Syrie centrale)

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 335, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 391-400

  Al Maleh, A Khaled ^a   Bardet, Nathalie ^b  

^a DAMASCUS UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Carbonates; Palmyrides; Phosphates; Sedimentology; Senonian; Syria; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHOSPHATE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SENONIAN; TRANSGRESSION; VERTEBRATE;

JABAL ABTAR; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

EID: 0038319999     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1631-0713(03)00057-9     Document Type: Article

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