Palaeoenvironments of selected Lower Aptian rudists from Saudi Arabia

CFS Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg

Volumn , Issue 247, 2004, Pages 233-245

  Hughes, Geraint Wyn ^a  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Aptian; Carbonate; Foraminifera; Palaeoenvironment; Rudist

Indexed keywords

APTIAN; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CRETACEOUS; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA;

FORAMINIFERA; HIPPURITOIDA;

EID: 3142685257     PISSN: 03414116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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