Platform configuration, microfacies and cyclicities of the upper Albian to Turonian of west-central Jordan

Facies

Volumn 50, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 505-527

  Schulze, Frauke ^a,b   Kuss, Jochen ^a   Marzouk, Akmal ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b Neftex Petroleum Consultants Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Albian; Cenomanian Turonian; Cyclicities; Microfacies; Paleogeography; West central Jordan

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; FACIES ANALYSIS;

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

ALBIA; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 17244378199     PISSN: 01729179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10347-004-0032-7     Document Type: Article

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