Calcareous dunes of the United Arab Emirates and Noah's Flood: The postglacial reflooding of the Persian (Arabian) Gulf

Quaternary International

Volumn 68-71, Issue , 2000, Pages 297-308

  Teller, J T ^a   Glennie, K W ^b   Lancaster, N ^c   Singhvi, A K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUNE FIELD; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; FLOOD; POSTGLACIAL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TRANSGRESSION;

PERSIAN GULF; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 0033789254     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1040-6182(00)00052-5     Document Type: Article

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