Late Quaternary history of the coastal Wahiba Sands, Sultanate of Oman

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 395-405

  Preusser, Frank ^a   Radies, Dirk ^a,b   Driehorst, Frauke ^a   Matter, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabia; Dunes; Indian Ocean monsoon; Late Quaternary; Luminescence dating

Indexed keywords

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; DUNE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MONSOON; QUATERNARY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN; WORLD;

EID: 19944371220     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.922     Document Type: Article

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