Sedimentology of an intra-montane rift-controlled fluvial dominated succession: The Upper Triassic Oukaimeden Sandstone Formation, Central High Atlas, Morocco

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 218, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 103-140

  Fabuel Perez, I ^a   Redfern, J ^a   Hodgetts, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate vs. tectonics; Continental facies; Morocco; Rift basins; Triassic

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; DEPOSITION; FACIES ANALYSIS; INTRAMONTANE BASIN; MUDSTONE; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TRIASSIC;

AFRICA; ATLAS MOUNTAINS; HIGH ATLAS; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; TADLA-AZILAL;

EID: 84860999220     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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