An overview of the stratigraphy and facies development of the Jurassic System on the Tabas Block east-central Iran

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 312, Issue , 2009, Pages 323-343

  Wilmsen, Markus ^a,b   Fürsich, Franz Theodor ^a   Seyed Emami, Kazem ^c   Majidifard, Mahmoud Reza ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEFORMATION; EUSTACY; FACIES; JURASSIC; LITERATURE REVIEW; SEDIMENTATION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION; UNCONFORMITY; UPLIFT;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; TABAS; YAZD;

EID: 70349191094     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP312.15     Document Type: Review

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