Bottom sediments of the Arabian Gulf: I. Sedimentological characteristics

Kuwait Journal of Science and Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 69-87

  Al Ghadban, A N ^a   Massoud, M S ^b   Abdali, F ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

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