Phanerozoic cycles of sea-level change on the Arabian platform

GeoArabia

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 127-160

  Haq, Bilal U ^a   Al Qahtani, Abdul Motaleb ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

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SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; ARABIAN SHIELD; ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

EID: 17144377495     PISSN: 10256059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/geoarabia1002127     Document Type: Article

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