The Middle Cretaceous carbonate ramp of the northern Sinai: Sequence stratigraphy and facies distribution

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 149, Issue , 1998, Pages 253-280

  Bachmann, Martina ^a   Kuss, Jochen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

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EID: 0347130284     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.149.01.13     Document Type: Article

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