Sequence stratigraphy of Cenomanian-Turonian carbonate platform margins (Sarvak Formation) in the High Zagros, SW Iran: An outcrop reference model for the Arabian Plate

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 329, Issue , 2010, Pages 187-218

  Razin, P ^a   Taati, F ^a,b,c   van Buchem, F S P ^b,d  

^a Institut EGID Bordeaux 3   (France)

^b IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^c NATIONAL IRANIAN OIL COMPANY   (Iran)

^d Maersk Oil Qatar   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN PLATE; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN BOUNDARY; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FACIES; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION;

ZAGROS;

EID: 77955991796     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP329.9     Document Type: Article

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