Stratigraphic modelling of carbonate platform-to-basin sediments (Maastrichtian to Paleocene) in the Eastern Desert, Egypt

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 200, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 163-185

  Scheibner, C ^a,b   Kuss, J ^a   Speijer, R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Egypt; Galala Mountains; Maastrichtian; Paleocene; Platform basin transition; Sedimentation rates; Stratigraphic modelling

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; CRETACEOUS; MAASTRICHTIAN; PALEOCENE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

EGYPT; GALALA MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0142217692     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00449-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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