Lithological and structural evolution of the northern sector of Dukhan anticline, Qatar, during the early Tertiary: With special reference to sequence stratigraphic bounding surfaces

GeoArabia

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 201-226

  Dill, Harald G ^a   Nasir, Sobhi ^b   Al Saad, Hamad ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICLINE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; LITHOLOGY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERTIARY;

QATAR;

EID: 0038330735     PISSN: 10256059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/geoarabia0802201     Document Type: Article

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