Sedimentary facies of the silurian tide-dominated paleo-estuary of the tazhong area in the tarim basin

Petroleum Science

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 95-104

  Zhang, Jinliang ^a,b   Zhang, Zhongjie ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Silurian; Tarim basin; Tidal bar; Tidal river; Tide dominated estuary

Indexed keywords

EID: 46949101632     PISSN: 16725107     EISSN: 19958226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12182-008-0016-2     Document Type: Article

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