Facies analysis and sequence stratigraphy of neoproterozoic Platform deposits in Adrar of Mauritania, Taoudeni basin, West Africa

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 283-302

  Benan, C A A ^a   Deynoux, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^b TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cratonic sedimentation; Facies associations; Mauritania; Neoproterozoic; Sequence stratigraphy; West africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749140504     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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