Lithostratigraphy of the Red Sea region

GeoArabia

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 49-126

  Hughes, Geraint Wyn Gwilym ^a   Johnson, Robert S ^a  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; MIDDLE EAST; OCEANIC REGIONS; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; SAUDI ARABIA; WORLD;

EID: 22544435212     PISSN: 10256059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/geoarabia100349     Document Type: Review

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