TY - CHAP
T1 - Basin evolution of the northern margins of the Arabo-Nubian craton during Maastrichtian-Paleocene times
AU - Flexer, A.
AU - Rosenfeld, A.
AU - Ilani, S.
AU - Hirsch, F.
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© 1993 A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam.
PY - 2017/1/1
Y1 - 2017/1/1
N2 - The Cretaceous period bore witness to one of the largest transgressions in the history of the earth. The global sea-level changes were controlled by the sea floor spreading and accretion of the oceanic ridges. In the northern platform margins of the Arabo-Nubian Craton (study area) the Cretaceous commenced by extension, rifting, volcanism and northwestward tilting. During the Senonian - Paleocene times compression, folding and uplifting, accompanied Tethyan closure (Flexer et al., 1986). The intrabasinal tectonic interplay between the Alpine orogenic belt and the Arabo-Nubian craton, molded the Syrian Arc folding system during the Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary periods. (Figure 1). The folding system evolved a series of basins in which mainly carbonates were deposited. These geodynamic events during the Maastrichtian-Paleocene times, determined the environment deposition pattern, facies distribution and the thicknesses of the lithological units.
AB - The Cretaceous period bore witness to one of the largest transgressions in the history of the earth. The global sea-level changes were controlled by the sea floor spreading and accretion of the oceanic ridges. In the northern platform margins of the Arabo-Nubian Craton (study area) the Cretaceous commenced by extension, rifting, volcanism and northwestward tilting. During the Senonian - Paleocene times compression, folding and uplifting, accompanied Tethyan closure (Flexer et al., 1986). The intrabasinal tectonic interplay between the Alpine orogenic belt and the Arabo-Nubian craton, molded the Syrian Arc folding system during the Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary periods. (Figure 1). The folding system evolved a series of basins in which mainly carbonates were deposited. These geodynamic events during the Maastrichtian-Paleocene times, determined the environment deposition pattern, facies distribution and the thicknesses of the lithological units.
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U2 - 10.1201/9780203753392
DO - 10.1201/9780203753392
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AN - SCOPUS:0347280943
SN - 9789054103189
SP - 243
EP - 247
BT - Geoscientific Research in Northeast Africa
PB - CRC Press
ER -