Petrogenesis of Artifact-Bearing Fossil-Spring Tufa Deposits from Kharga Oasis, Egypt

Geoarchaeology - An International Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 849-863

  Nicoll, Kathleen ^a   Giegengack, Robert ^b   Kleindienst, Maxine ^c  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHEULEAN; DEPOSITION; DIAGENESIS; PETROGENESIS; PREHISTORIC; QUATERNARY; TUFA;

AMUR; EGYPT; KHARGA OASIS; NEW VALLEY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0006360869     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6548(199912)14:8<849::AID-GEA8>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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