Biostratigraphy of some quaternary sequences of the Red Sea coastal plain of Egypt

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 205, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 289-321

  El Nahass, Hamed Ahmed ^a  

^a Mansoura University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; COASTAL PLAIN; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MICROFOSSIL; MOLLUSC; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; QUATERNARY; SHELL;

EGYPT; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; RED SEA COAST;

EID: 27844458642     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/205/1997/289     Document Type: Article

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