The influence of Late Cretaceous tectonic processes on sedimentation patterns along the northeastern Arabian plate margin (Fars Province, SW Iran)

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 330, Issue , 2010, Pages 211-251

  Piryaei, Alireza ^a,b,c   Reijmer, John J G ^b,d   van Buchem, Frans S P ^a,e   Yazdi Moghadam, Mohsen ^c   Sadouni, Jalil ^c   Danelian, Taniel ^f,g  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c NATIONAL IRANIAN OIL COMPANY   (Iran)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e Maersk Oil Qatar   (Qatar)

^f SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^g UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MARGIN; ARABIAN PLATE; CRETACEOUS; DEPOCENTER; OBDUCTION; OUTCROP; PASSIVE MARGIN; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC PLATE; UPLIFT;

FARS; IRAN;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 77956093583     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP330.11     Document Type: Article

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