Age and stratigraphic relationship of structurally deepest level rocks, Oman Mountains: U/Pb SHRIMP evidence for Late Carboniferous neotethys rifting

Journal of Geology

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 611-626

  Gray, David R ^a   Gregory, Robert T ^a,b   Armstrong, Richard A ^a,c   Richards, Ian J ^a,b   Miller, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; MAGMATISM; RIFTING; TETHYS;

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

EID: 27744479675     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/449325     Document Type: Article

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