Depositional architecture and sequence stratigraphic correlation of Upper Ordovician glaciogenic deposits, Illizi Basin, Algeria

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 368, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 293-317

  Lang, Jörg ^a   Dixon, Richard ^b   Le Heron, Daniel ^c   Winsemann, Jutta ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE ANALYSIS; DEPOCENTER; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIER ADVANCE; GLACIER RETREAT; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; ICE SHEET; ORDOVICIAN; PROGRADATION; SANDSTONE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION; TURBULENT FLOW;

ALGERIA; ILLIZI BASIN;

EID: 84871543936     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP368.1     Document Type: Article

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