Evolution of Cretaceous to Eocene alluvial and carbonate platform sequences in central and south Jordan

GeoArabia

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 29-82

  Powell, John H ^a,b   Moh'D, Basem K ^c  

^a British Geologic Survey (BGS)   (United Kingdom)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c TAFILA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ALLUVIAL PLAIN; ARABIAN PLATE; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; EOCENE; FLOODPLAIN; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; LITHOFACIES; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MEANDER; OUTCROP; PASSIVE MARGIN; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION;

JORDAN;

AMMONOIDEA; CONIACIAN; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 80053244403     PISSN: 10256059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/geoarabia160429     Document Type: Article

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