Did glaciers exist during Pleistocene in the Midyan region, northwest corner of the Arabian Peninsula?

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1333-1339

  Laboun, A A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Gulf of Aqabah; Midyan; Pleistocene glaciation; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922684523     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-011-0279-6     Document Type: Article

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