Characterization, lateral variability and lateral extent of discontinuity surfaces on a Carbonate Platform (Barremian to Lower Aptian, Oman)

Sedimentology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 339-361

  Sattler, Ute ^a,b   Immenhauser, Adrian ^a   Hillgärtner, Heiko ^c   Esteban, Mateu ^d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b OMV Group   (Austria)

^c SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^d Carbonates International Iberia SL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbonate platform; Cretaceous; Discontinuity surface; Oman; Subaerial exposure

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; CRETACEOUS; DISCONTINUITY; HIATUS; SEDIMENTATION;

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

EID: 17444383054     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2005.00701.x     Document Type: Article

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