Layla Lakes, Saudi Arabia: The world-wide largest lacustrine gypsum tufas

Acta Carsologica

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-14

  Kempe, Stephan ^a   Dirks, Heiko ^b  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Financial Systems Development Section   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gypsum tufa; Heeth Formation; Hypogene karst; Layla Lakes; Paleolakes; Saudi Arabia; Sinkholes; Tufa

Indexed keywords

GYPSUM; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MINERALOGY; MORPHOLOGY; SINKHOLE; TUFA;

ASIA; EURASIA; LAYLA; MIDDLE EAST; RIYADH [SAUDI ARABIA]; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 52949134445     PISSN: 05836050     EISSN: 15802612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3986/ac.v37i1.156     Document Type: Article

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