The scarp lands of Saudi Arabia

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2437-2450

  Rausch, Randolf ^a   Simon, Theo ^b   Al Ajmi, Hussain ^c   Dirks, Heiko ^d  

^a GIZ International Services   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c Ministry of Environment Water and Agriculture   (Saudi Arabia)

^d Dornier Consulting   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Arabian Peninsula; Climate evolution; Cuesta landscape; Escarpment; Saudi Arabia; Scarp lands

Indexed keywords

BEDDING PLANE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; ESCARPMENT; MIOCENE; MORPHOGENESIS; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTATION;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84901496377     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-013-0918-1     Document Type: Article

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