The Cambrian-Ordovician succession in the Ougarta Range (western Algeria, North Africa) and interference of the Late Ordovician glaciation on the development of the Lower Palaeozoic transgression on northern Gondwana

Bulletin of Geosciences

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 183-214

  Ghienne, Jean François ^a   Boumendjel, Kheira ^b   Paris, Florentin ^c   Videt, Blaise ^c   Racheboeuf, Patrick ^d   Salem, Hamid Ait ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b SONATRACH   (Algeria)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

Cambrian; Glaciation; North Gondwana; Ordovician; Sequence stratigraphy; Transgression

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIATION; GONDWANA; ORDOVICIAN; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SYSTEMS TRACT; TRANSGRESSION; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 35848946984     PISSN: 12141119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3140/bull.geosci.2007.03.183     Document Type: Article

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