Evolution of a terminal Neoproterozoic carbonate ramp system (Buah Formation, Sultanate of Oman): Effects of basement paleotopography

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 116, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 1367-1384

  Cozzi, Andrea ^a   Grotzinger, John P ^b   Allen, Philip A ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basin analysis; Carbon isotopes; Carbonate ramp; Correlation; Late Neoproterozoic; Oman

Indexed keywords

BUAH FORMATION; NEOPROTEROZOIC; RAMP FACIES;

CARBONATES; INSTRUMENT SCALES; SEWAGE LAGOONS;

TOPOLOGY;

BASEMENT ROCK; CARBONATE RAMP; FACIES ANALYSIS; PROTEROZOIC; SYSTEMS TRACT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN; WORLD;

EID: 9244264924     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25387.1     Document Type: Article

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