From rifted margins to foreland and basins: Investigating provenance and sediment dispersal across desert Arabia (Oman, U.A.E.)

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 572-588

  Garzanti, Eduardo ^a,b   Andò, Sergio ^a   Vezzoli, Giovanni ^a   Dell'era, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; EOLIAN PROCESS; MINERALOGY; OPHIOLITE; PETROGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; DESERT; FORELAND BASIN; RIFT ZONE;

OMAN; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

BUILDINGS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; FELDSPAR; GARNETS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MAGNESITE; QUARTZ; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; WEATHERING;

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONTINENTAL SCALE; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE; NATURAL LABORATORIES; PLAGIOCLASE FELDSPARS; SEDIMENT DISPERSAL; SEDIMENT PROVENANCE; TRANSPORT PATHWAYS;

LANDFORMS;

EID: 10844228352     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/101702730572     Document Type: Article

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