Regional tectonic and megadepositional cycles of the Paleozoic of northwestern and central Saudi Arabia

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 971-984

  Laboun, Abdulaziz Abdullah ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Megadepositional cycles; Northwestern and central Saudi Arabia; Paleozoic; Regional tectonic

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONIFEROUS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GLACIATION; MOVEMENT; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOZOIC; PRECAMBRIAN; RESERVOIR; SANDSTONE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SUCCESSION; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84874948594     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-011-0401-9     Document Type: Article

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