Review of Middle East Paleozoic plate tectonics

GeoArabia

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 35-56

  Ruban, Dmitry A ^a   Al Husseini, Moujahed I ^b   Iwasaki, Yumiko ^c  

^a SOUTHERN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b Gulf PetroLink GeoArabia   (Bahrain)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN PLATE; GONDWANA; PALEOZOIC; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION; TERRANE; TETHYS; UPLIFT;

AFGHANISTAN; ARMENIA; ASIA; AZERBAIJAN; BLACK SEA; CASPIAN SEA; CAUCASUS; EURASIA; FARAH; GEORGIA; HELMAND; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AMERICA; PAKISTAN; PONTIDES; SOUTH ASIA; TAURIDES; TURKEY; TURKMENISTAN; UNITED STATES; WEST ASIA;

EID: 34447125920     PISSN: 10256059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/geoarabia120335     Document Type: Review

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