Sandstones, glaciers, burrows and transgressions: The Lower Palaeozoic of Jabel az-Zalmah, Al Kufrah Basin, Libya

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 245-246, Issue , 2012, Pages 63-75

  Le Heron, Daniel Paul ^a   Howard, James P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CASP   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Libya; North Africa; Palaeozoic

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; BRAIDED RIVER; CAMBRO-ORDOVICIAN; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEVONIANS; FIELD STUDIES; FLUVIAL INCISION; HIGH ENERGY; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; ICE SHEET; ICE-SHEET RETREAT; LATE ORDOVICIAN; LIBYA; LITHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS; LOWER PALAEOZOIC; MARINE SYSTEMS; MARINE TRANSGRESSION; MEDIUM-GRAINED SANDSTONES; MIDDLE DEVONIAN; NORTH AFRICA; ORDOVICIAN; PALAEOZOIC; PROGRADATION; SILTSTONES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; LITHOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

SANDSTONE;

BIOTURBATION; BURROW; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEVONIAN; GLACIER; LITHOLOGY; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOZOIC; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION;

KUFRA BASIN; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA;

CRUZIANA; SKOLITHOS; TRILOBITOMORPHA; ZOOPHYCOS;

EID: 84857034568     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2011.12.008     Document Type: Article

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