Constraints on the diagenesis, stratigraphy and internal dynamics of the surface-piercing salt domes in the Ghaba Salt Basin (Oman): A comparison to the Ara Group in the South Oman Salt Basin

GeoArabia

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 83-120

  Reuning, Lars ^a   Schoenherr, Johannes ^b   Heimann, Ansgar ^a   Urai, Janos L ^a   Littke, Ralf ^a   Kukla, Peter A ^d   Rawahi, Zuwena ^c  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Exploration Geologist with ExxonMobil Production   (Germany)

^c PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT OMAN   (Oman)

^d RWTH Aachen University ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; DIAGENESIS; DIAPIR; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; SALT DOME; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRATIGRAPHY;

ASIA; EURASIA; GHABA SALT BASIN; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN; SOUTH OMAN SALT BASIN;

ARA;

EID: 67650879475     PISSN: 10256059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/geoarabia140383     Document Type: Article

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