Toarcian-Kimmeridgian depositional cycles of the south-western Morondava Basin along the rifted continental margin of Madagascar

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Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 85-112

  Geiger, Markus ^a,c   Schweigert, Günter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b STAATLICHES MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE   (Germany)

^c STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Gondwana; Jurassic; Madagascar; Post breakup; T R cycles

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC SEDIMENTATION; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; JURASSIC;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; MORONDAVA BASIN;

EID: 33644510146     PISSN: 01729179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10347-005-0039-8     Document Type: Article

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