Quaternary sandstones, northeast Jordan: Age, depositional environments and climatic implications

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 229, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 230-250

  Turner, Brian R ^a   Makhlouf, Issa ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

NE Jordan; Quaternary environments and climate

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; SANDSTONE;

ASIA; EURASIA; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 28544451779     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.06.024     Document Type: Article

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