Facies development during late Early-Middle Cambrian (Tayan Member, Burj Formation) transgression in the Dead Sea Rift valley, Jordan

Carnets de Geologie

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-20

  Elicki, Olaf ^a  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Burj formation; Cambrian; Facies; Middle east; Paleoecology

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; BIODIVERSITY; CAMBRIAN; CRACK; DOLOSTONE; FACIES; GONDWANA; HALITE; PALEOECOLOGY; PEDOGENESIS; PSEUDOMORPH; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; STROMATOLITE; TRACE FOSSIL; TRANSGRESSION; VALLEY;

ASIA; DEAD SEA RIFT; EURASIA; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST;

TREPTICHNUS PEDUM;

EID: 38149027625     PISSN: 16340744     EISSN: 17652553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4267/2042/9717     Document Type: Article

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