Calibrating mid-permian to early triassic khuff sequences with orbital clocks

GeoArabia

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 171-206

  Al Husseini, Moujahed I ^c   Matthews, Robley K ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RKM and Associates   (India)

^c NONE

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EID: 77954531054     PISSN: 10256059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/geoarabia1503171     Document Type: Article

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