Mixed late Permian-floras and related palaeoenvironments in the Khuff Formation of central Saudi Arabia

GeoArabia

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 65-86

  Berthelin, Martine ^e   Broutin, Jean ^a   Vaslet, Denis ^b   Le Nindre, Yves Michel ^c   Halawani, Mohammed ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b BRGM   (France)

^c Bureau de Recherches Géologiquez et Minières   (France)

^d SAUDI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLORA; GONDWANA; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PERMIAN; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

ANATOLIA; ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN; SAUDI ARABIA; TURKEY;

EID: 27344439217     PISSN: 10256059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/geoarabia110365     Document Type: Article

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