Yardangs on the cambro-ordovician saq sandstones, north-west Saudi Arabia

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 305-320

  Vincent, P ^a   Kattan, F ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SAUDI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANYON; DUNE; ORDOVICIAN; PAVEMENT; SANDSTONE; SPELEOTHEM; WIND EROSION;

AL MADINAH; AL ULA; ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA;

ULA;

EID: 33750172987     PISSN: 03728854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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