Comparing the depositional architecture of basin floor fans and slope fans in the Pab Sandstone, Maastrichtian, Pakistan

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 222, Issue , 2004, Pages 159-185

  Eschard, R ^a   Albouy, E ^a   Gaumet, F ^a   Ayub, A ^b  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b Premier Exploration Pakistan Limited   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; MAASTRICHTIAN; SEDIMENTATION; TOPOGRAPHY; TURBIDITE;

ASIA; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 2142818584     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.222.01.09     Document Type: Article

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