Sediment characteristics and molluscan fossils of the Farasan Islands shorelines, southern Red Sea, Saudi Arabia

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 773-787

  Bantan, Rashad A ^a   Abu Zied, Ramadan H ^a,b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Farasan Islands; Gastropods; Heavy metals; Pelecypods; Shoreline sediments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895075369     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-013-0851-3     Document Type: Article

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