Pliocene-Pleistocene stratigraphy and macrofauna of the Farasan Islands, South East Red Sea, Saudi Arabia

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1223-1245

  Khalil, Hamza Moustafa ^a  

^a Gazan University   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Farasan; Macrofauna; Pleistocene; Pliocene; Red sea; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

ANADARA OVALIS; BIVALVIA; CLYPEASTER; ECHINOIDA; GASTROPODA; LITHOPHAGA; NOETIA;

EID: 84895074729     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-011-0300-0     Document Type: Article

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