Cementation of Holocene beachrock in the Aqaba and the Arabian Gulfs: Comparative study

Carbonates and Evaporites

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 142-150

  Holail, H M ^a   Shaaban, M N ^a   Mansour, A S ^a  

^a Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; BEACHROCK; CALCITE; CEMENTATION; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY);

GULF OF AQABA; INDIAN OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; WORLD;

EID: 11944272811     PISSN: 08912556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03178477     Document Type: Article

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