Arabian glacial deposits: Recognition of palaeovalleys within the Upper Ordovician Sarah Formation, Al Qasim district, Saudi Arabia

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 116, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 331-347

  Clark Lowes, D D ^a  

^a Clark Lowes Consulting   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Al Qasim district; Ashgillian; Glacial; Palaeovalley; Petroleum reservoir; Sarah Formation; Saudi Arabia; Upper Ordovician

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIOEUSTACY; ORDOVICIAN; VALLEY FILL;

AL QASIM; ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 31744435131     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7878(05)80051-3     Document Type: Article

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