The nature and possible origin of mega-dunes in Liwa, Ar Rub' Al Khali, UAE

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 134, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 305-330

  El Sayed, M I ^a  

^a Beni Suef University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Ar Rub' Al Khali; Mega dunes; Mineralogy; Morphology; Textural characteristics

Indexed keywords

BARCHAN; DUNE FIELD; MINERALOGY; MORPHOLOGY;

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 0033812672     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(00)00052-X     Document Type: Article

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