Application of geoelectric methods on paleoenvironments of the Qa'el-Jufr lake, southeastern Jordan Plateau

Journal of King Saud University - Science

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 381-388

  Batayneh, Awni T ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Jordan Plateau; Palaeoclimate deposition; Qa'el Jufr lake; Resistivity soundings

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955241448     PISSN: 10183647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jksus.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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