The palaeoenvironmental significance of dune size hierarchies

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 137, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 289-303

  Warren, Andrew ^a   Allison, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dunes; Hierarchy; Milankovich cycle; Wahiba Sands; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

DUNE SIZE; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; WIND REGIME;

OMAN;

EID: 0032032979     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(97)00110-7     Document Type: Article

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