Mesozoic deep-water carbonate deposits from the southern Tethyan passive margin in Iran (Pichakun nappes, Neyriz area): Biostratigraphy, facies sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 330, Issue , 2010, Pages 179-210

  Robin, Cécile ^a   Gorican, Spela ^b   Guillocheau, François ^a   Razin, Philippe ^c   Dromart, Gilles ^d   Mosaffa, Hamid ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b ANTON MELIK GEOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX MONTAIGNE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONATE ROCK; DEEP WATER; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; FACIES; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MESOZOIC; NAPPE; PASSIVE MARGIN; RADIOLARIA; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TURBIDITE;

FARS; IRAN; NEYRIZ;

CONIACIAN; RADIOLARIA (PROTOZOANS);

EID: 77956052099     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP330.10     Document Type: Article

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