First evidence for episodic flooding events in the arid interior of central Saudi Arabia over the last 60 ka

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 198-207

  McLaren, Sue J ^a   Al Juaidi, Farhan ^b   Bateman, Mark D ^c   Millington, Andrew C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Saudi Arabia; Luminescence dating; Quaternary; Sediments

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; ARID ENVIRONMENT; EPISODIC EVENT; FLOODING; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; OUTWASH; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; ARABIAN SHIELD; ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 66049087824     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1199     Document Type: Article

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