The Paleogene pre-rift to syn-rift succession in the Dhofar margin (northeastern Gulf of Aden): Stratigraphy and depositional environments

Tectonophysics

Volumn 607, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-16

  Robinet, J ^a,b,c   Razin, P ^c   Serra Kiel, J ^d   Gallardo Garcia, A ^d   Leroy, S ^a,b   Roger, J ^e   Grelaud, C ^c  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Sorbonne Universités   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX MONTAIGNE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Gulf of Aden; Paleoenvironments; Pre rift; Sequence analysis; Syn rift

Indexed keywords

GULF OF ADEN; PALEOENVIRONMENTS; PRE-RIFT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYN-RIFT;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITS; SEA LEVEL; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONICS;

DEFORMATION;

ARABIAN PLATE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; INDIAN PLATE; LUTETIAN; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGENE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE;

ARABIAN SEA; GULF OF ADEN; INDIAN OCEAN; OMAN; ZUFAR;

BARTONIA;

EID: 84886264156     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2013.04.017     Document Type: Article

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