Subsidence history, gravity anomalies and flexure of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) foreland basin

GeoArabia

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 17-44

  Ali, Mohammed Y ^a   Watts, A B ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRETACEOUS; EMPLACEMENT; FLEXURE; FORELAND BASIN; GRAVITY ANOMALY; LITHOSPHERE; OBDUCTION; OPHIOLITE; RIFTING; SEISMIC REFLECTION; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE; TRIASSIC; UPLIFT;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN; OMAN MOUNTAINS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 64549134985     PISSN: 10256059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/geoarabia140217     Document Type: Article

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