Computerized tomography reveals aptian rudist species and taphonomy

Geologia Croatica

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-71

  Hughes, Geraint W ^a   Siddiqui, Shameem ^a   Sadler, Roy K ^a  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Computerised tomography (CT); Formation microimager (FMI); Lower aptian; Rudists; Saudi Arabia; Shaybah; Shu'aiba

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049158582     PISSN: 1330030X     EISSN: 13334875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4154/GC.2004.04     Document Type: Article

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