Palaeo-environmental implications derived from lake and sabkha deposits of the southern Rub' al-Khali, Saudi Arabia and Oman

Quaternary International

Volumn 382, Issue , 2015, Pages 120-131

  Matter, Albert ^a   Neubert, Eike ^b   Preusser, Frank ^c   Rosenberg, Thomas ^a   Al Wagdani, Khalid ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM DER BURGERGEMEINDE BERN   (Switzerland)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d SAUDI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Arabia; Dating; Humid phases; Out of Africa; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; SABKHA;

OMAN; RUB AL KHALI; SAUDI ARABIA;

UNIO;

EID: 84941801643     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.12.029     Document Type: Article

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