The Great Pearl Bank Barrier of the Arabian Gulf as a Possible Shu'aiba Analogue

GeoArabia

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 279-304

  Hughes, Geraint W ^a  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FACIES DISTRIBUTION; LAGOON; SHALLOW MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SUBMARINE RIDGE;

ARABIAN GULF, GREAT PEARL BANK BARRIER;

EID: 0031420279     PISSN: 10256059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/geoarabia0203279     Document Type: Article

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