Quaternary stratigraphy and paleogeography of the Galilee coastal plain, Israel

Quaternary Research

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 280-294

  Sivan, Dorit ^a   Gvirtzman, Gedaliahu ^b   Sass, Eytan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOLIAN DEPOSIT; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; QUATERNARY; STRATIGRAPHY;

GALILEE; ISRAEL;

GASTROPODA; STROMBUS;

EID: 0032830342     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1999.2044     Document Type: Article

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