Occurrence of diagenetic pseudobreccias within the paleokarst zone of the upper Dammam Formation in Kuwait, Arabian Gulf

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 703-718

  Khalaf, Fikry Ibrahim ^a  

^a SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Arabian Gulf; Diagenetic pseudobreccias; Kuwait; Paleokarst zone; Upper Dammam Formation

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; DIAGENESIS; DISSOLUTION; DOLOMITE; DOLOMITIZATION; EOCENE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HOST ROCK; KARSTIFICATION; LITHOTYPE; MIOCENE; OUTCROP; PALEOKARST; PETROGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; QUARRY; SHELF SEDIMENT; UNCONFORMITY;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST]; PERSIAN GULF;

EID: 79960891119     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-009-0070-0     Document Type: Article

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