A stratigraphic review of the Eocene to Miocene rock units in the al Jabal al Akhdar, NE Libya

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1228-1239

  Abdulsamad, E O ^a   Bu Argoub, F M ^b   Tmalla, A F A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENGHAZI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^b ARABIAN GULF OIL COMPANY   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^c NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

al Jabal al Akhdar; Eocene Miocene; NE Libya; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

AL JABAL AL AKHDAR; CYCLICITY; DEEP WATERS; EARLY OLIGOCENE; EOCENE-MIOCENE; EVAPORITES; FOURTH ORDERS; IN-SITU; LATE MIOCENE; MARINE FAUNAS; MIDDLE MIOCENE; NE LIBYA; OLIGOCENE; PACKSTONE; ROCK UNITS;

ALUMINUM; SEA LEVEL; SEAWATER;

STRATIGRAPHY;

CYCLICITY; EOCENE; EVAPORITE; LITERATURE REVIEW; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIOCENE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE;

AFRICA; ASIA; BENGHAZI; EURASIA; JEBEL AKHDAR; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA; OMAN; OMAN MOUNTAINS;

ALGAE; APOLLONIA; BORELIS; MELO; NUMMULITES; NUMMULITES FICHTELI; NUMMULITIDAE;

EID: 67349130281     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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