A regional overview of the late Paleozoic glaciation in Oman

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 441, Issue , 2008, Pages 175-186

  Martin, Joe R ^a,c   Jonathan, Redfern ^a   Aitken, John F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT OMAN   (Oman)

^c Shell International Exploration and Production   (Netherlands Antilles)

Author keywords

Al Khlata formation; Glacigenic; Late Paleozoic glaciation; Oman

Indexed keywords

STRATIGRAPHY;

CARBONATE DEPOSITION; GLACIGENIC; LATE PALEOZOIC; LITHOFACIES; OMAN; SAUDI ARABIA; STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK; SULTANATE OF OMAN;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; GLACIATION; GLACIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; GONDWANA; LITHOFACIES; MARKER BED; MOSCOVIAN; PALYNOLOGY; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; RED BED; SAKMARIAN; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; UNCONFORMITY;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; OMAN; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 75249094580     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2008.2441(12)     Document Type: Article

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