Two distinct glacial successions in the Neoproterozoic of Oman

GeoArabia

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 17-34

  Le Guerroué, Erwan ^a   Allen, Philip ^a   Cozzi, Andrea ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL DEPOSIT; PROTEROZOIC;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN; WORLD;

EID: 17144377500     PISSN: 10256059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/geoarabia100217     Document Type: Article

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