A composite stratigraphy for the Neoproterozoic Huqf Supergroup of Oman: Integrating new litho-, chemo- and chronostratigraphic data of the Mirbat area, southern Oman

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 164, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 997-1009

  Rieu, Ruben ^a,b   Allen, Philip A ^a,c   Cozzi, Andrea ^a,d   Kosler, Jan ^e   Bussy, Francois ^f  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b REPSOL YPF   (Spain)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ENI S P A   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PARENT BODY; PROTEROZOIC; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; MIRBAT; OMAN; ZUFAR;

EID: 34548698432     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492006-114     Document Type: Article

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