Pennsylvanian-Early Triassic stratigraphy in the Alborz Mountains (Iran)

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 312, Issue , 2009, Pages 79-128

  Gaetani, Maurizio ^a   Angiolini, Lucia ^a   Ueno, Katsumi ^b   Nicora, Alda ^a   Stephenson, Michael H ^c   Sciunnach, Dario ^d   Rettori, Roberto ^e   Price, Gregory D ^f   Sabouri, Jafar ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d Regione Lombardia Infrastruttura per l'Informazione Territoriale   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^g GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MARGIN; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIOTURBATION; CARBONATE RAMP; DEGLACIATION; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; LOWSTAND; MICROBIALITE; PENNSYLVANIAN; SEDIMENTATION; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STROMATOLITE; TRANSGRESSION; TRIASSIC;

ASIA; ELBURZ; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

FORAMINIFERA; FUSULINIDA; GASTROPODA; ZEIDAE;

EID: 70349173969     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP312.5     Document Type: Article

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