The Cambrian sedimentary succession from the Wadi Zerqa Ma'in (northeastern Dead Sea area, Jordan): Lithology and fossil content

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 243, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 255-271

  Shinaq, Rafie ^a,c   Elicki, Olaf ^a,b  

^a Geological Institute ^*

^b TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^c YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Burj formation; Cambrian; Dead sea; Zerqa Ma'in

Indexed keywords

BRACHIOPOD; CAMBRIAN; ECHINODERM; FACIES ANALYSIS; LITHOLOGY; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; TRACE FOSSIL; TRANSGRESSION; TRILOBITE; TYPE LOCALITY;

ARABIAN SHIELD; DEAD SEA; JORDAN; NUBIAN SHIELD;

BRACHIOPODA; ECHINODERMATA; PORIFERA; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 34250210562     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2007/0243-0255     Document Type: Article

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