Late quaternary sabkha sedimentation along Kadhmah Bay coast, Kuwait, Arabian Gulf

Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 471-495

  Al Zamel, Abdalla ^a   Al Sarawi, Mohammad ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUATERNARY; SABKHA; SEDIMENTATION;

KADHMAH BAY; KUWAIT;

ALGAE;

EID: 0032459741     PISSN: 19859899     EISSN: 25360051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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