Strontium isotope stratigraphy of the asmari formation (Oligocene - Lower miocene), SW Iran

Journal of Petroleum Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 107-128

  Ehrenberg, S N ^a   Pickard, N A H ^b   Laursen, G V ^a   Monibi, S ^c   Mossadegh, Z K ^c   Svana T A ^a   Aqrawi, A A M ^a   McArthur, J M ^d   Thirlwall, M F ^d  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

^b CAMBRIDGE CARBONATES LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL IRANIAN OIL COMPANY   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asmari Formation; Oligo Miocene; Sr isotope stratigraphy; SW Iran

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LIMESTONE; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTS; SHALE; STRATIGRAPHY; STRONTIUM;

ISOTOPE STRATIGRAPHY; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION;

OIL FIELDS;

ACCUMULATION RATE; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; DOLOMITIZATION; DOLOSTONE; LIMESTONE; MIOCENE; OIL FIELD; OLIGOCENE; SANDSTONE; SHALE; STRATIGRAPHY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33947692697     PISSN: 01416421     EISSN: 17475457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-5457.2007.00107.x     Document Type: Article

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