Holocene chemical precipitates in the continental sabkha of Tayma (NW Saudi Arabia)

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 84, Issue , 2012, Pages 26-37

  Ginau, A ^a   Engel, M ^b   Bruckner H ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evaporites; Holocene; Playa; Sabkha; Saudi Arabia; Tayma

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARAGONITE; ARID ENVIRONMENT; ARIDIFICATION; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVAPORITE; FORAMINIFERA; FRACTIONATION; HOLOCENE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; INFILL; OOID; OSTRACOD; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PLAYA; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RAINFALL; SABKHA; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SOLUBILITY; SULFATE;

SAUDI ARABIA; TABUK [SAUDI ARABIA]; TAYMA;

FORAMINIFERA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 84860670363     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2012.03.020     Document Type: Article

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