The structural and sedimentological setting of the Quaternary deposits in Al-Ain area, UAE

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 627-640

  El Ghawaby, Mohamed A ^a,b   El Sayed, Mohamed I ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

aeolian sand; calcrete; desert plain; dolocrete; flood flow; graben; gypcrete; Quaternary sediments; sabkhas

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; QUATERNARY DEPOSIT; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, AL-AIN;

EID: 0031107127     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1996.0226     Document Type: Article

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