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The Olenekian (Early Triassic) red ammonoid limestone, a time-specific facies on the Gondwana Margin : Timor-roof of the world-Oman connection.

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DOI: 10.1111/1755-6724.12150_2
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Wiley.
Gregorian
2013-06
Language
English
English abstract
We will introduce here three areas with localities on the former Gondwana margin, from Timor to Oman through the roof of the World. The first locality occurs near Basleo, in West Timor (Plate, Fig. 5 and 7) where a red ammonoid limestone Exotic block, Smithian (Lower Olenekian) in age according to H. Bucher, (oral communication), crops out within the Neogene Bobonaro melange. This exotic is originating from a detached Triassic seamount incorporated in the North Australian accretion prism, some blocks has been subsequently reworked during Neogene time and transported on West Timor Island.
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1000-9515
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Journal articles