New insight into the sedimentology and stratigraphy of the Dur At Talah tidal-fluvial transition sequence (Eocene-Oligocene, Sirt Basin, Libya)

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue , 2012, Pages 72-90

  Abouessa, Ashour ^a,b   Pelletier, Jonathan ^a,c   Duringer, Philippe ^a   Schuster, Mathieu ^a   Schaeffer, Philippe ^d   Métais, Eddy ^c   Benammi, Mouloud ^e   Salem, Mustafa ^f   Hlal, Osama ^f   Brunet, Michel ^e   Jaeger, Jean Jacques ^e   Rubino, Jean Loup ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b LIBYAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^c TOTAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TRIPOLI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

Clinoforms; Ichnofacies; Paleosoils; Silicified tree trunks; Tidalites; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; FOSSIL; ICHNOFACIES; PALEOSOL; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SOIL HORIZON; TREE; VERTEBRATE;

LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; SIRTE BASIN;

OSTREIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84857990898     PISSN: 1464343X     EISSN: 18791956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2012.02.004     Document Type: Article

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