Recognizing attributes and oomoldic porosity development in eolianite in an arid setting: An example from the quaternary eolianite from the Arabian Gulf coastline, Saudi Arabia

Carbonates and Evaporites

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 124-132

  Hussain, Mahbub ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; OOLITE; PETROGRAPHY; POROSITY; QUATERNARY; SANDSTONE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARABIAN SEA; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; MIDDLE EAST; PERSIAN GULF; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 33846160132     PISSN: 08912556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03175662     Document Type: Article

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