Holocene development of multiple dune generations in the northeast rub' al-Khali, United Arab Emirates

Holocene

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 179-189

  Atkinson, Oliver A C ^a   Thomas, David S G ^a,b   Goudie, Andrew S ^a   Parker, Adrian G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabia; Indian Ocean Monsoon; late Quaternary; megadune; multiple dune generations; OSL dating; Rub al Khali; Shamaal

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CHRONOLOGY; DATING METHOD; DUNE FIELD; DUNE FORMATION; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EOLIAN PROCESS; HOLOCENE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LUMINESCENCE; MONSOON; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; RECONSTRUCTION; SAND; WIND PROFILE;

RUB AL KHALI; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 84855414643     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683611414927     Document Type: Article

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