Carbonate ramps and the Pleistocene-Recent depositional systems of the Arabian Gulf

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 149, Issue , 1998, Pages 43-53

  Walkden, Gordon ^a   Williams, Alun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0346499897     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.149.01.04     Document Type: Article

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