Stratigraphy and geochemical characterization of the Oligocene-Miocene Maikop series: Implications for the paleogeography of Eastern Azerbaijan

Tectonophysics

Volumn 451, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 40-55

  Hudson, Samuel M ^a   Johnson, Cari L ^a   Efendiyeva, Malakhat A ^b   Rowe, Harold D ^c   Feyzullayev, Akper A ^b   Aliyev, Chingiz S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Azerbaijan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Azerbaijan; Chemostratigraphy; Maikop Series; Source rock; Stable isotopes; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIOCENE; MOLYBDENUM; MUDSTONE; OLIGOCENE; OUTCROP; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; RUPELIAN; SOURCE ROCK; STABLE ISOTOPE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPLIFT; VANADIUM;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; ASIA; AZERBAIJAN; CASPIAN BASIN; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; WEST ASIA;

PARATETHYS;

EID: 41249094336     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.11.045     Document Type: Article

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