Transgressive-regressive facies cycles in late Cretaceous calciturbidites from the Mauretanian Series, Béni Ider thrust sheet, northwestern external rif, Morocco: Application of the 'facies tract-facies sequence' concept

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 262, Issue , 2006, Pages 177-192

  El Kadiri, Kh ^a   El Kadiri, K ^a   Chalouan, Ahmed ^b   Bahmad, A ^c   Salhi, F ^d   Liemlahi, H ^a   Hlila, R ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^c Societe Nationale d'Etudes du Detroit de Gibraltar SNED   (Morocco)

^d FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CRETACEOUS; FACIES; FLYSCH; SANDSTONE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE; TURBIDITE;

AFRICA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; RIF;

EID: 33750333180     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.262.01.11     Document Type: Article

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