Petrography and geochemistry of Ahwas Sandstone Member of Asmari Formation, Zagros, Iran: Implications on provenance and tectonic setting

Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 247-260

  Jafarzadeh, Mahdi ^a   Hosseini Barzi, Mahboobeh ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ahwaz Sandstone Member; Asmari Formation; Geochemistry; Iran; Provenance; Sandstone; Tectonic setting

Indexed keywords

EID: 54149094495     PISSN: 10268774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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