Late Cretaceous to recent palaeoenvironments of the Saudi Arabian Red Sea

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 535-548

  Filatoff, John ^a   Hughes, G Wyn ^a  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FRESHWATER DEPOSIT; MARINE DEPOSIT; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; SABKHA; SALINITY; TERTIARY;

RED SEA; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0029729707     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0899-5362(96)00035-8     Document Type: Article

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