The Jabal Al Qarah Caves of the Hofuf area, northeastern Saudi Arabia: A geological investigation

Journal of Cave and Karst Studies

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 12-21

  Hussain, Mahbub ^a   Al Khalifah, Fadhel ^a   Khandaker, Nazrul Islam ^b  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVE; LIMESTONE; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; PLIOCENE;

ASH SHARQIYAH [SAUDI ARABIA]; ASIA; EURASIA; JABAL AL QARAH CAVES; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 33744457245     PISSN: 10906924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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