Red sea and gulf of aqaba

Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series

Volumn Part 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 839-844

  Shaked, Yonathan ^a   Genin, Amatzia ^a  

^a The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

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EID: 84869412613     PISSN: 13884360     EISSN: 1871756X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2639-2_129     Document Type: Conference Paper

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