Cambrian-Ordovician depositional sequences in the Middle East: A perspective from Turkey

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 101, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 101-146

  Ghienne, J F ^a   Monod, O ^b   Kozlu, H ^c   Dean, W T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b Exploration Department ^*  (France)

^c TPAO   (Turkey)

^d DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabian Plate; Border Folds; Glaciation; Gondwana margin; Paleozoic; Sequence stratigraphy; Taurus Chain

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN PLATE; CAMBRIAN; CONGLOMERATE; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; GLACIATION; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; GONDWANA; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOZOIC; PROGRADATION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION;

TURKEY;

EID: 77954761125     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2010.04.004     Document Type: Review

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