Jurassic deep-water fans in the Neo-Tethys Ocean: The Kashafrud Formation of the Kopet-Dagh Basin, Iran

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 198, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 53-74

  Poursoltani, Mehdi Reza ^a   Moussavi Harami, Reza ^b   Gibling, Martin R ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deep sea fans; Iran; Jurassic; Neo Tethys Ocean; Submarine channels; Trace fossils; Turbidites

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; DEEP WATER FORMATION; FORMATION MECHANISM; JURASSIC; NEOGENE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOURCE ROCK; SUBMARINE CHANNEL; SUBMARINE FAN; TRACE FOSSIL; TURBIDITE;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; KOPET-DAGH BASIN; MIDDLE EAST;

GORGONACEA;

EID: 34247476657     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.11.004     Document Type: Article

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