Physical properties of aeolian sediments within major dune corridor in Kuwait

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 519-527

  Al Dousari, Ali M ^a   Al Hazza, Abdusalam ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Aeolian sediments; Al Dibdibba Formation; Munsell color system

Indexed keywords

COLOR; DUNE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; MORPHOMETRY; QUARTZ; SAMPLING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST];

EID: 84879793173     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-011-0353-0     Document Type: Article

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