Initial Results of the Southeastern Wadi Araba, Jordan Geoarchaeological Study: Implications for Shifts in Late Quaternary Aridity

Geoarchaeology - An International Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 791-820

  Niemi, Tina M ^a   Smith II, Andrew M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; ARCHAEOLOGY; ARIDITY; BASEMENT ROCK; BRONZE AGE; DUNE FIELD; FAULT ZONE; HOLOCENE; MUDFLAT; QUATERNARY;

AFGHANISTAN; DEAD SEA; GHOWR; GULF OF AQABA; INDIAN OCEAN; ISRAEL; JORDAN; NEGEV; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; SOUTHERN DISTRICT; WADI ARABA;

EID: 0003302177     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6548(199912)14:8<791::AID-GEA6>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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