Origin and characteristics of yardangs in the Um Al-Rimam depressions (N Kuwait)

Geomorphology

Volumn 104, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 93-104

  Al Dousari, Ali M ^a   Al Elaj, Maraheb ^a   Al Enezi, Eqbal ^a   Al Shareeda, Abdulaziz ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Arid region; Kuwait; Playa; Um Al Rimam; Yardang

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; BEDROCK; EROSION RATE; ESCARPMENT; HYDROLOGY; LITHOLOGY; PALEOSURFACE; QUATERNARY;

ASIA; EURASIA; KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST]; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AMERICA; PLAYA LAKES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58249123679     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.05.010     Document Type: Article

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