Cenomanian-Turonian carbonate platform deposits in west central Jordan

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 641-660

  Schulze, Frauke ^a   Lewy, Zeev ^b   Kuss, Jochen ^a   Gharaibeh, Ahmed ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c Natural Resources Authority   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Carbonate platform; Lithology; Sedimentary sequences; Upper Albian Turonian; West central Jordan

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CENOMANIAN; LITHOLOGY; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SHELF SEDIMENT; TURONIAN;

JORDAN;

EID: 0142249347     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-003-0339-6     Document Type: Article

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