Latest Pleistocene and Holocene dune construction at the north-eastern edge of the Rub Al Khali, United Arab Emirates

Sedimentology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1011-1021

  Goudie, Andrew S ^a,b,c,d   Colls, Alison ^a,b,c,d   Stokes, Stephen ^a,b,c,d   Parker, Adrian ^a,b,c,d   White, Kevin ^a,b,c,d   Al Farraj, Asma ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Linear dune; Optical dating; Rub Al Khali; Sand accumulation

Indexed keywords

DUNE FORMATION; FORMATION MECHANISM; HOLOCENE; PLEISTOCENE;

RUB AL KHALI; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 0033788290     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.2000.00336.x     Document Type: Article

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