Palaeoenvironment of a Late Quaternary lacustrine-palustrine carbonate complex: Zarand Basin, Saveh, central Iran

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 237, Issue 2-4, 2006, Pages 315-334

  Djamali, M ^a,e   Soulie Marsche I ^b   Esu, D ^c   Gliozzi, E ^c,d   Okhravi, R ^e  

^a AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Distal alluvial mudstone; Lacustrine carbonate; Late Quaternary; Palustrine; Zarand Basin

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MARL; MUDSTONE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRAN; MARKAZI; MIDDLE EAST; ROMANIA; SAVEH; SOUTHERN EUROPE; ZARAND BASIN;

EID: 33746268108     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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