Proposed hydrostratigraphical classification and nomenclature: Application to the Palaeozoic in Saudi Arabia

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 497-510

  Al Aswad, Ahmad A ^a   Al Bassam, Abdulaziz M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEOLOGY; PALAEOZOIC; STRATIGRAPHY;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0031399551     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(97)00077-8     Document Type: Article

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