Dolomitization of Middle Miocene buildups, Um Gheig area, Red Sea coast, Egypt

Carbonates and Evaporites

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 264-275

  Shaaban, Mohamed N ^a   Holail, Hanafy M ^a   Rashed, Mohamed A ^a  

^a Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; DOLOMITIZATION; MIOCENE; REEF;

EGYPT;

EID: 0031400709     PISSN: 08912556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03175422     Document Type: Article

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