The stratigraphy of the middle Eocene-Pleistocene sediments in Kuwait

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-22

  Al Awadi, E ^a   Al Ruwaih, F ^b   Al Rawdan, Z ^b   Ozkaya, I ^b  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Dammam formation; Dolomitization; Karstificafion; Kuwait group; Silicification; Unconformity

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; STRATIGRAPHY;

KUWAIT;

EID: 0031239323     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1997.0268     Document Type: Article

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