Morphometry and depositional style of Late Pleistocene alluvial fans: Wadi Al-Bih, northern UAE and Oman

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 251, Issue , 2005, Pages 85-94

  Al Farraj, Asma ^a   Harvey, Adrian M ^b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; DEPOSITION; PLEISTOCENE;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 33144467660     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.251.01.07     Document Type: Article

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