Diagenesis of Holocene beachrocks: a comparative study between the Arabian Gulf and the Gulf of Aqaba, Saudi Arabia

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 4933-4942

  Al Ramadan, Khalid ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Acicular aragonite; Arabian Gulf; Beachrocks; Diagenesis; Gulf of Aqaba

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; BEACHROCK; CLAST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGENESIS; HOLOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING;

ARABIAN SEA; GULF OF AQABA; INDIAN OCEAN; PERSIAN GULF; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84911810048     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-013-1127-7     Document Type: Article

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