The Buday'ah Formation, Sultanate of Oman: A Middle Permian to Early Triassic oceanic record of the Neotethys and the late Induan microsphere bloom

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 130-144

  Baud, Aymon ^a   Richoz, Sylvain ^b   Beauchamp, Benoit ^c   Cordey, Fabrice ^d   Grasby, Stephen ^e   Henderson, Charles M ^c   Krystyn, Leopold ^f   Nicora, Alda ^g  

^a BGC   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemostratigraphy; Chert; Conodonts; Lower Triassic; Permian; Platy and papery limestone; Radiolaria

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHERT; CONODONT; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; DEEP SEA; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; LIMESTONE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MUDSTONE; OCEANIC CRUST; PERMIAN; RADIOLARIA; RADIOLARITE; SUBSIDENCE; TRACE FOSSIL; TRIASSIC;

OMAN;

AMMONOIDEA; CLARKINA; RADIOLARIA (PROTOZOANS);

EID: 82855175150     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2011.08.016     Document Type: Article

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