Provenance, diagenesis, tectonic setting and geochemistry of Tawil Sandstone (Lower Devonian) in Central Saudi Arabia

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 278-287

  Al Harbi, Omar A ^a   Khan, M Mujtaba ^a  

^a Natural Resources and Environment Research Institute Riyadh   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Devonian; Diagenesis; Provenance; Saudi Arabia; Tawil Sandstone; Tectonic setting

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; CEMENTATION; DEVONIAN; DIAGENESIS; DISSOLUTION; PASSIVE MARGIN; PETROGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TECTONIC SETTING;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 43949097878     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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