Spatial and temporal distribution of ooids along a Jurassic carbonate ramp: Amellago outcrop transect, High-Atlas, Morocco

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 329, Issue , 2010, Pages 65-88

  Pierre, A ^a,c,d   Durlet, C ^a   Razin, P ^b   Chellai, E H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX MONTAIGNE   (France)

^c FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

^d CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BRACHIOPOD; CARBONATE RAMP; CLIMATE VARIATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EUSTACY; FACIES ANALYSIS; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; JURASSIC; OOID; OUTCROP; PALEOCLIMATE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STACKING; SYSTEMS TRACT; TECTONIC SETTING; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TRANSGRESSION;

ATLAS MOUNTAINS; HIGH ATLAS; MOROCCO;

AMMONOIDEA;

EID: 77955999393     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP329.4     Document Type: Article

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