Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) phosphorites in Jordan: Implications for the formation of a south Tethyan phosphorite giant

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 161, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 175-205

  Pufahl, Peir K ^a   Grimm, Kurt A ^a   Abed, Abdulkader M ^b   Sadaqah, Rushdi M Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Jordan; Phosphate rocks; Storm sedimentation; Transgression

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FACIES ANALYSIS; PHOSPHOGENESIS; PHOSPHORITE; SEDIMENTATION; TETHYS; TRANSGRESSION;

JORDAN;

EID: 0141794546     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(03)00070-8     Document Type: Article

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