Albian sea-level cycles in Oman: The 'Rosetta Stone' approach

GeoArabia

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 11-46

  Immenhauser, Adrian ^a   Matthews, Robley K ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; EUSTACY; GLACIOEUSTACY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN;

EID: 3242891427     PISSN: 10256059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/geoarabia090311     Document Type: Article

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