Late quaternary stratigraphy, Paleoclimate and neotectonism of the Persian (Arabian) Gulf region

Marine Geology

Volumn 160, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 1-23

  Uchupi, Elazar ^a   Swift, S A ^a   Ross, D A ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Last glacial Holocene sea levels; Mesopotamian Depression; Persian (Arabian) Gulf; Sumerian cities; Tectonic loading; Zagros Mountains foredeep

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL DEPOSIT; NEOTECTONICS; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; STRATIGRAPHY;

PERSIAN GULF;

EID: 0032774202     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(99)00011-0     Document Type: Article

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