A depositional model for the terminal Neoproterozoic - Early Cambrian Ara Group evaporites in south Oman

Sedimentology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 879-898

  Schröder, Stefan ^a   Schreiber, B Charlotte ^b   Amthor, Joachim E ^c   Matter, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT OMAN   (Oman)

Author keywords

Bromine geochemistry; Evaporites; Neoproterozoic Cambrian; Oman; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BROMINE; CAMBRIAN; CARBONATE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EVAPORITE; PROTEROZOIC; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

(SOUTH); OMAN;

EID: 0142168399     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.2003.00587.x     Document Type: Article

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