The Rock-Hewn Churches of Tigrai, Northern Ethiopia: A Geological Perspective

Geoarchaeology - An International Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 649-663

  Asrat, Asfawossen ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; GEOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE; LIMESTONE; SANDSTONE; TRIASSIC;

ETHIOPIA; TIGRAY;

EID: 0346741427     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.10035     Document Type: Article

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