Shuttle Imaging Radar Views of Some Geological Features in the Arabian Peninsula

GeoArabia

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 165-178

  Al Hinai, Khattab G ^a   Dabbagh, Abdallah E ^a   Gardner, Weston C ^a   Khan, Muhammad A ^a   Saner, Salih ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

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EID: 0010911446     PISSN: 10256059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/geoarabia0202165     Document Type: Conference Paper

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